बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते ।
तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥ ५० ॥
तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥ ५० ॥
buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte .
tasmādyogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam .. 50 ..
He who is endued with wisdom casts off here both good deeds and bad deeds. Wherefore apply thyself to devotion. In regard to actions devotion is a power.
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The man that has evenness of mind casts off in this world both merit and sin (sukrita and dushkrita, punya and pāpa) through attaining mental purity and knowledge. Wherefore apply yourselves to devotion with equanimity. For devotion is a power,—devotion being the equanimity of mind in success and failure on the part of him who is engaged in the performance of his own duties, his mind resting on the Īśvara all the while. It is indeed a power, because works which are of a binding nature lose that nature when done with evenness of mind. Wherefore be equanimous.