Bhagavad Gita
An Interactive Study
Verse 49
Chapter 2
Verse 50 of 72
Verse 51
Verse 2.50
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते। तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥2.50॥
2.50 buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

One endowed with understanding (buddhi) casts off here, Both good deeds and bad deeds. Therefore, apply yourself to discipline (yoga); Discipline (yoga) is skill in actions (karmasu).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Disciplined by understanding, one abandons both good and evil deeds; so arm yourself for discipline— discipline is skill in actions.

ZaehnerJesuit

(50) Whoso performs spiritual exercise with the soul (buddhi-yukta) discards here [and now] both good and evil works: brace yourself then for [this] Yoga; for Yoga is [also] skill in [performing] works.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

2.50 Possessed of wisdom, one rejects here both virtue and vice. Therefore devote yourself to (Karma-) yoga. Yoga is skillfulness in action.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

2.50 A man with evenness of mind discards here and now good and evil. Therefore endeavor for Yoga. Yoga is skill in action.

SivanandaVedanta

2.50 Endowed with wisdom (evenness of mind), one casts off in this life both good and evil deeds; therefore, devote thyself to Yoga; Yoga is skill in action.

Commentaries

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Sanskrit Original
Verse 49
Chapter 2
Verse 50 of 72
Verse 51