tyaktvā

येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च

tyaktvā — giving up

Those for whose sake we would want a kingdom, and pleasures, and happiness — they are the ones standing here, ready to give up their lives and their wealth:

क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते

tyaktvā — giving up

Do not give in to this unmanliness, son of Pritha. It does not suit you. Shake off this small weakness of heart and stand up.

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय

tyaktvā — having abandoned

Steady in yoga, do your work — letting go of attachment, even in success and failure alike. That evenness is what yoga means.

कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः

tyaktvā — abandoning

The wise, joined to understanding, let go of the fruit born of action, and freed from the bondage of birth they reach a state beyond harm.

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः

tyaktvā — having abandoned

One who truly knows my birth and my work as they are, on leaving the body is not born again, but comes to me.

त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः

tyaktvā — having given up

Having given up attachment to the fruit of action, always content, dependent on nothing, such a person does not accumulate even while fully engaged.

ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः

tyaktvā — abandoning

One who acts having placed all actions in Brahman, having let go of attachment, is not stained by wrongdoing — as a lotus leaf is not wetted by water.

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि

tyaktvā — giving up

With the body, the mind, the understanding, and even with the senses alone, those who practise act — letting go of attachment, for the purifying of the self.

युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्

tyaktvā — giving up

One who is joined, having given up the fruit of action, reaches lasting peace. One who is not joined, driven by desire and attached to the fruit, is bound.

सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः

tyaktvā — having abandoned

Abandoning entirely all desires born of intention, restraining the whole company of the senses with the mind on every side,

एतान्यपि तु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलानि च

tyaktvā — giving up

Even these actions should be done having let go of attachment and of their fruits. This is my settled view.

कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन

tyaktvā — relinquishing

But one who does the action that falls to them because it is to be done, having let go of attachment and of its fruit — that letting go is of clarity.

बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च

tyaktvā — abandoning

Joined to a purified understanding, holding the self in check by steadiness, having given up sound and the other objects of sense, having put aside craving and aversion;