Work and prescribed duty

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Compare the instructions about work and its results.

1. BG 2.47

   You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.

   Read BG 2.47 in context · Source: Vanisource

   Edition and source record

   Edition: 1983+ · page 13677, revision 781133

2. BG 3.9

   Work done as a sacrifice for Viṣṇu has to be performed; otherwise work causes bondage in this material world. Therefore, O son of Kuntī, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain free from bondage.

   Read BG 3.9 in context · Source: Vanisource

   Edition and source record

   Edition: 1983+ · page 13711, revision 781206

Related contextual definitions

• Karma: action
• Yajña: sacrifice

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