Karmanye Vadhikaraste (Gita 2.47)
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
You have the right to do your work, but never a right to its results. Do not make the hope of a reward your reason for acting…
Verses on acting rightly, doing one’s work well and letting go of anxiety about results.
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Yogasthah Kuru Karmani (Gita 2.48)
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय ।
Stay steady in yoga, Dhananjaya (Arjuna), and do your work, letting go of attachment. Be the same in success and in failure. This…
Satyam Vada Dharmam Chara (Taittiriya Upanishad)
सत्यं वद ।
Speak the truth. Follow dharma (what is right). Do not neglect your own study.
Matru Devo Bhava (Taittiriya Upanishad)
मातृदेवो भव ।
Let your mother be a god to you. Let your father be a god to you. Let your teacher be a god to you. Let your guest be a god to…
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