Bhagavad Gita: Understanding One Shloka at a time. (Chp. 2, Verse 50) — HBR Patel

Trying to understand Bhagavad Gita, one Shloka at a time…

बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते |
तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् || 50||

One who is endowed with spiritual intelligence can get rid of both virtue and vice or good and bad actions in this very life. Therefore be absorbed in Yoga which is the art of working skillfully or the proficiency in the actions.

Bhagwan Shri Krishna highlights that we have a choice to follow the path of Yoga or Bhoga. Yoga is the art of working skillfully with spiritual intelligence where we let go of the desires to attain the result or the fruit of the actions.

Arjuna was worrying about the sin that he will acquire after performing his action as a Kshatriya bt fighting the war. Bhagwan Shri Krishna says that one must perform the action without worrying about the fruits of the actions.

Thus, Arjuna should not ponder or fear the consequences or fruits of his action. He should perform his action with dexterity with spiritual…