Devanagari
युक्त: कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् ।
अयुक्त: कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते ॥ १२ ॥
Verse text
yuktaḥ karma-phalaṁ tyaktvā
śāntim āpnoti naiṣṭhikīm
ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa
phale sakto nibadhyate
Synonyms
yuktaḥ
—
one who is engaged in devotional service
;
karma-phalam
—
the results of all activities
;
tyaktvā
—
giving up
;
śāntim
—
perfect peace
;
āpnoti
—
achieves
;
naiṣṭhikīm
—
unflinching
;
ayuktaḥ
—
one who is not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
;
kāma-kāreṇa
—
for enjoying the result of work
;
phale
—
in the result
;
saktaḥ
—
attached
;
nibadhyate
—
becomes entangled.
Translation
The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
12. He who is engaged in karma-yoga while giving up the results attains liberation. One not engaged in karma-yoga, being attached to the results out of lust, becomes bound up.
Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
12. He who engages his mind in ātmā, giving up the results of work, attains vision of ātmā. The person not engaging his mind in ātmā, being attached to the results out of lust, takes repeated birth and death.
Purport
The difference between a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and a person in bodily consciousness is that the former is attached to Kṛṣṇa whereas the latter is attached to the results of his activities. The person who is attached to Kṛṣṇa and works for Him only is certainly a liberated person, and he has no anxiety over the results of his work. In the Bhāgavatam, the cause of anxiety over the result of an activity is explained as being one’s functioning in the conception of duality, that is, without knowledge of the Absolute Truth. Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead. In Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no duality. All that exists is a product of Kṛṣṇa’s energy, and Kṛṣṇa is all good. Therefore, activities in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are on the absolute plane; they are transcendental and have no material effect. One is therefore filled with peace in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But one who is entangled in profit calculation for sense gratification cannot have that peace. This is the secret of Kṛṣṇa consciousness – realization that there is no existence besides Kṛṣṇa is the platform of peace and fearlessness.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Performing action with no attachment leads to liberation and performing action with attachment leads to bondage. The performer of karma-yoga (yuktaḥ) attains steady peace (naiṣṭhikīm śāntim). This means he attains liberation. The karmī with desires (ayuktaḥ), who is attached to the results, due to performing actions out of lust (kāma-kāreṇa), becomes bound.
Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
The person with mind absorbed in ātmā (yuktaḥ), having given up the results of work
in his performing activities, attains steady (naiṣṭhikīm) peace (śāntim) in the form of seeing ātmā. One who does not engage his mind in ātmā (ayuktaḥ), who is attached to the results of work (phale saktaḥ), takes repeated birth and death (nibadhyate) by performing actions out of lust (kāma kāreṇa).
Surrender Unto Me
This is a description of a performance of niskama karma.
[ C . ENLIGHTENMENT THROUGH KNOWING THE THREE DOERS IN PERSPECTIVE: THE SOUL, MATERIAL NATURE, AND THE SUPERSOUL (5. 13‑16)
The living being who knows that all bodily activities are automatically carried out by the modes of material nature after those activities are sanctioned by the Supersoul, attains enlightenment through that knowledge. ]