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सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्यो: समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते || 48||
O Dhananjaya, Be steadfast in yoga. Perform action and discard attachment. Remain balanced in success and failure. Such equanimity or evenness of mind is called Yoga.
Bhagwan Shri Krishna advises Arjun to be established in yoga. Be steadfast in performing your duty. Give up the attachment to the results of the action performed. Remain balanced in the state of success or failure.
Do not perform the duty for the sake of the fruits of that action but perform the action as a rightful duty. When we perform actions as a matter of duty, we are not disturbed by delusions of rewards gained or lost otherwise when we are attached to the results of the actions, we might give up performance and sink into depression.
Bhagwan Shri Krishna highlights that Arjuna should discard all the attachments that he has for the results of his action…