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Chapter 2 · Verse 49The Yoga of Knowledge

Bhagavad Gita 2.49

BG 2.49 — Chapter 2 (The Yoga of Knowledge), Verse 49, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय | बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः ||२-४९||

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dūreṇa hyavaraṃ karma buddhiyogāddhanañjaya . buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ ||2-49||

Roman: durena hyavaram karma buddhiyogaddhananjaya . buddhau sharanamanviccha krpanah phalahetavah

Far lower than the Yoga of wisdon is action, O Arjuna. Seek thou refuge in wisdom; wretched are they whose motive is the fruit.