Karma-Saṃnyāsa–Karma-Yoga Saṃvāda
Renunciation and the Discipline of Action
१४-अनायक्तभावसे कर्म करनेसे परमात्माकी प्राप्ति होती है (गीता ३/१९)। १५-पूर्वकालमें जनकादिने भी कमोद्वारा ही सिद्धि प्राप्त की थी (गीता ३/२०/। १६-दूसरे मनुष्य श्रेष्ठ महापुरुषका अनुकरण करते हैं; इसलिये श्रेष्ठ महापुरुषको कर्म करना चाहिये (गीता ३॥२१)। १७-भगवान्को कुछ भी कर्तव्य नहीं है; तो भी वे लोकसंग्रहके लिये कर्म करते हैं (गीता ३/२२)। १८-ज्ञानीके लिये कोई कर्तव्य नहीं है
mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-cetasā | nirāśīr nirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigata-jvaraḥ ||
ដោយចិត្តដែលផ្ដោតលើខ្ញុំ—ព្រះអាត្មាខាងក្នុង—សូមអនុវត្តការលះបង់ ដោយប្រគល់កម្មទាំងអស់មកខ្ញុំ។ ក្លាយជាអ្នកគ្មានបំណងប្រាថ្នា គ្មាន «របស់ខ្ញុំ» និងគ្មានក្តៅក្រហាយក្នុងចិត្ត; ចូរចូលសង្គ្រាម។
अजुन उवाच
Perform your duty while surrendering all actions to the Lord: act without craving for outcomes (nirāśīḥ), without possessiveness (nirmamaḥ), and without inner agitation (vigata-jvaraḥ). This is Karma Yoga—outer action with inner renunciation and God-centered intention.
On the battlefield, Arjuna is being instructed to fight. Krishna concludes a section on the necessity of action for maintaining social order (lokasaṅgraha) and commands Arjuna to engage in war as dharma, but with a mind anchored in the Self and free from personal desire.