Nishkama Karma in the Bhagavad Gita

Verses across the Gita that speak to nishkama karma, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.

• 2.51Freedom comes when action is done without clutching its reward.
• 3.18Freedom ends the need to profit from action.
• 3.19Freedom comes when action is done without grasping at its reward.
• 3.20Perfection comes through action that serves more than the self.
• 3.30Action becomes free when you stop claiming its results.
• 4.20Action loses its grip when nothing in you waits to possess its fruit.
• 4.23Action loses its grip when it becomes offering, not possession.
• 5.10Action without attachment leaves no stain.
• 6.1Renunciation means acting without needing to own the result.
• 8.7Action and remembrance can happen together without conflict.
• 18.6Right action is complete only when desire for reward is dropped.
• 18.23The purest action asks for nothing back.