यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः ।
तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर ॥
तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर ॥
यज्ञ कर्तव्यपालन के लिये किये जानेवाले कर्मोंसे अन्यत्र अपने लिये किये जानेवाले कर्मोंमें लगा हुआ यह मनुष्यसमुदाय कर्मोंसे बँधता है, इसलिये हे कुन्तीनन्दन तू आसक्तिरहित होकर उस यज्ञके लिये ही कर्तव्यकर्म कर ॥
— Krishna
भगवद् गीता · 3.9
English
Actions done for sacrifice free a person; actions done for personal gain bind. Therefore, Arjuna, do your duty without attachment for that purpose alone.
It shifts effort from personal payoff to clean participation in duty.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Work done only for personal gain creates bondage. Work done as an offering, without attachment, should be done instead.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On Kurukshetra, Arjuna is frozen before battle. Krishna sharpens the lesson: action itself is not the problem. Action done for selfish gain binds; action offered without grasping becomes the right way to move.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You send the email, then keep checking for praise. The knot tightens when the action is for your ego; it loosens when the action is for what needs doing.
“There is relief in serving something larger than your own gain.”
संबंधित विषय: karma yoga (55 श्लोक), yajna (32 श्लोक), attachment (20 श्लोक)