Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 50

बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते । तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्

buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte | tasmādyogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam

Translation

He who is endued with wisdom casts off here both good deeds and bad deeds. Wherefore apply thyself to devotion. In regard to actions devotion is a power.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

buddhiyuktaḥ

with knowledge, endowed

jahāti

(he) throws away

iha

here

ubhe

both

sukṛtaduṣkṛte

good deed, and, evil deed, and

tasmāt

therefore

yogāya

for (to) yoga

yujyasva

be united (prepare)

yogaḥ

yoga

karmasu

in actions

kauśalam

skill

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

He who is endued with this Yoga-wisdom (buddhi-yukta) casts off here, in this very life, both meritorious (sukṛta) and unmeritorious (duṣkṛta) deeds — for, performing them without attachment, he is not bound by their fruits. Wherefore devote thyself to this Yoga. In regard to actions — which by their nature would bind — Yoga is the means of skill (kauśala), the power to do them without producing bondage. Action becomes art when done without attachment.