artha

गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके

artha — gain

Better to live in this world on alms than to kill these noble elders. If I killed them for the sake of gain, the food I ate afterwards would be stained with blood.

यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः

artham — for the sake of

Action other than that offered as sacrifice binds the world. So do your work as an offering, son of Kunti, free of attachment.

नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन

arthaḥ — gain

Such a person gains nothing by acting and loses nothing by not acting, and depends on no creature for anything.

चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन

artha-arthī — the seekers of material gain

Four kinds of people come to me, Arjuna, and all of them do well: the distressed, the one who wants to know, the one who wants something, and the one who knows.

अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्

artha — for

constancy in knowledge of the self, and looking toward what knowledge is for — all this is called knowledge; what is otherwise is ignorance.

आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः

artham — for

bound by a hundred cords of expectation, given over to desire and anger, they strive by wrongful means to amass wealth for the fulfilling of desire.

अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्

artham — for the sake of

But an offering made looking to its fruit, or for the sake of show — know that to be of restlessness.

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्

artham — for the sake of

Austerity performed for the sake of respect, honour and reverence, and with show, is said here to be of restlessness — unsteady and impermanent.