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Samatvam — Equanimity

English Sanskrit Description

Your right is to action alone; Never to its fruits at any time. Never should the fruits of action be your motive; Never let there be attachment to inaction in you. Fixed in yoga, perform actions, Having abandoned attachment, Arjuna, And having become indifferent to success or failure. It is said that evenness of mind is yoga.

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर् भूर् मा ते सङ्गो ऽस्त्व् अकर्मणि ॥ योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनंजय । सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥

From the Bhagavad Gītā, book II, verses 47–48. Translation by Winthrop Sargeant. Yoga here refers to "discipline, steadfastness."

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source	Bhagavad Gita, book II, verses 47–48
source language	Sanskrit

Kvdun

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Hkodv́raábí ngùu hceʼénv́ngv́gí hngál rv̀v̀; Kòokv́bí dáshín nv́nvgí kòokv́ numailv rv̀v̀. Kòokv́bí dáshín nv́nvdeé hceʼénv́ngv́doó jíihruú ngùu; Kòokv́bí dáshín mv́ùuhici cùungv́gí hceʼénv́hlingv́doó rv̀v̀. Adaʼángv́gí moshin, hceʼénv́hca, Kòokv́bí tv́ngiílv ngùujií cùungv́hruú, tvrneshin Árjuna neé, Kòokv́bí tv́ngiílv kvdunshinjií gùuruungv́hruú lín mvrtóóngv́hruú ián. Dírbó háà adaʼángv́bó kvdun hbaádoó.

xkɤᵝ˩də˦raː˨˧bi˦ ŋɯː˧˩ xt͡ʃeː˧˥ˀnə˦ŋə˦gi˦ xŋal˦ rəː˥˨ kɤː˧˩kə˦bi˦ da˦ʃĩ˦ nə˦nə˩gi˦ kɤː˧˩kə˦ nɯᵝ˩ma˩i˩lə˩ rəː˥˨ kɤː˧˩kə˦bi˦ da˦ʃĩ˦ nə˦nə˩deː˨˧ xt͡ʃeː˧˥ˀnə˦ŋə˦dɤː˨˧ d͡ʒiː˦xrɯː˨˧ ŋɯː˧˩ kɤː˧˩kə˦bi˦ da˦ʃĩ˦ mə˦ɯː˧˩xi˩t͡ʃi˩ t͡ʃɯː˧˩ŋə˦gi˦ xt͡ʃeː˧˥ˀnə˦ɬi˩ŋə˦dɤː˨˧ rəː˥˨ a˩daː˧˥ˀŋə˦gi˦ mɤᵝ˩ʃĩ˩ xt͡ʃeː˧˥ˀnə˦xt͡ʃa˩ kɤː˧˩kə˦ tə˦ŋiː˨˧lə˩ ŋɯː˧˩d͡ʒiː˨˧ t͡ʃɯː˧˩ŋə˦xrɯː˨˧ tər˩ne˩ʃĩ˩ ar˦d͡ʒɯ˩na˩ neː˨˧ kɤː˧˩kə˦ tə˦ŋiː˨˧lə˩ kə˩dɯ̃ᵝ˩ʃĩ˩d͡ʒiː˨˧ gɯː˧˩rɯː˩ŋə˦xrɯː˨˧ lĩ˦ mə˩rtɤː˧˥ŋə˦xrɯː˨˧ i˩ã˦ di˦rbɤᵝ˦ xaː˨˥˧ a˩daː˧˥ˀŋə˦bɤᵝ˦ kə˩dɯ̃˩ xba˨˧dɤː˦

duty-3.NPST.NTR 2.POSS action-DAT at.most BEN moment-3.NPST.NTR without child-DAT moment any BEN moment-3.NPST.NTR without child-3.OPT.NTR action-GEN reason-ACC 2.POSS moment-3.NPST.NTR without allow-2.IMP.NEG attachment-DAT inaction-POSS BEN discipline-DAT focused act-2.IMP moment-3.NPST.NTR after abandon-2.NPST.TR attachment-ACC fellow Arjuna VOC moment-3.NPST.NTR after equanimous-2.NPST.TR success-ACC listing.particle failure-ACC either say-3.NPST.TR IMPRS discipline-3.NPST.TR equanimity soul-POSS

I've translated *yoga* as "discipline" in accordance to its original meaning. The reference to the mind has been replaced with the *hbaá* "soul" as a culturally relevant localisation. Krishna refers to Arjuna with the honorific *tvrneshin* "fellow," reserved for peers of similar age, because in the incarnation featured in the Gītā, Krishna presents himself as a compatriot or friend of Arjuna, at least initially.

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