Shloka 12

अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion

Devanagari script

युक्त: कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्रोति नैषप्ठिकीम्‌ अयुक्त: कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते,कर्मयोगी कर्मोंके फलका त्याग करके भगवत्प्राप्तिरूप शान्तिको प्राप्त होता है और सकाम पुरुष कामनाकी प्रेरणासे फलमें आसक्त होकर बँधता है?

Transliteration

yuktaḥ karmaphalaṁ tyaktvā śāntim āpnoti naiṣṭhikīm; ayuktaḥ kāmakāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate.

Translation

Arjuna berkata: “Orang yang berdisiplin—dengan meninggalkan buah perbuatan—mencapai kedamaian yang teguh. Tetapi orang yang tidak berdisiplin, didorong nafsu, melekat pada hasil lalu terbelenggu.”

Word by Word

युक्तःdisciplined; yoked (in yoga)

कर्मफलम्fruit of action

त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned

शान्तिम्peace

आप्नोतिattains

नैष्ठिकीम्steadfast; final (of the highest kind)

अयुक्तःundisciplined; not yoked (in yoga)

कामकारेणby desire-driven impulse; by acting from whim

फलेin the result; in the fruit

सक्तःattached

निबध्यतेis bound; gets bound

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Renouncing attachment to the fruits of action is the mark of a disciplined person and leads to steadfast inner peace; craving-driven attachment to outcomes creates bondage.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s battlefield dialogue context, Arjuna articulates a moral-psychological contrast: the yogic agent who acts without clinging to results versus the desire-driven agent who becomes bound by outcomes.