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Ishavasya Upanishad 2: Verse 2

कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेच्छतं समाः । एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे ॥२॥

कुर्वन् । एव । इह । कर्माणि । जिजीविषेत् । शतम् । समाः । एवम् । त्वयि । न । अन्यथा । इतः । अस्ति । न । कर्म । लिप्यते । नरे ।

Sanskrit recitationIshavasya Upanishad 2

kurvann eveha karmāṇi jijīviṣec chataṃ samāḥ | evaṃ tvayi nānyatheto 'sti na karma lipyate nare ||2||

وإنْ كنتَ تعملُ الأعمالَ هنا حقًّا، فلتَرْغَبْ أن تعيشَ مئةَ سنة. هكذا لك—لا سبيلَ غيرُه؛ فالعملُ لا يلتصقُ بالإنسان.

Doing actions here indeed, one should wish to live a hundred years. Thus, for you—there is no other way than this; action does not cling to a man.

Karma-yoga and akarma-bandha (non-binding action); niṣkāma-karma; jīvanmukti orientationMahavakya: Preparatory (sādhana) relation: non-binding action purifies the mind (citta-śuddhi) enabling mahāvākya realization (e.g., ‘tat tvam asi’). Not itself a mahāvākya.YajurvedaShukla (Vajasaneyi) Yajurveda; Madhyandina/Kanva recensions ShakhaChandas: Prose (Yajurvedic mantra style)

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