Overview
We want to reach the end of wanting. We want completion, fulfillment in such a final way that we are left with nothing to want anymore. That’s the destination. Born a human being, you will have to act. Act rightly. Act for the right purpose. Live for the right end. That alone is the right life.
Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 18, Verses 5 to 9
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत । यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम ॥
The work of yagya, gift, and austerity should not be relinquished, but it should indeed be performed; (for) yagya, gift, and austerity are purifying to the wise.
एतान्यपि तु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलानि च । कर्तव्यानीति मे पार्थ निश्चितं मतमुत्तमम ॥
But even these works, O Pārtha, should be performed, leaving attachment and the fruits. Such is My best and certain conviction.
नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते । मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ॥
But the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper. Abandonment of the same from delusion is declared to be tāmasika.
