Gita Chapter Two Select Verses 02

8. Practicing Vedic rituals for fulfilling desires and pleasures (even if such rituals yield results) is unwise action because they keep one under the bondage of illusion (Maya) and associated cycles of transient pleasures, pains, sufferings and fear.
Verse 2.42-43 Obsessed by desires, seeking heaven as the supreme goal, and devoted to the letter of the Vedas, some persons perform many rites for fulfilling desires. They are unwise people may give attractive speeches, recommending many rituals of various kinds for the attainment of pleasure and prosperity, with rebirth as the fruit of their actions.
(yaam imaam pushpitaam vaacham, pravadanti avipaschitah
veda-vada-rataah paarth, naanyad asteeti vaadinah
kaamaatmaanah svarga-paraa, janma-karma-phala-pradaam
kriyaa-visesa-bahulaam, bhogaishvarya-gatim prati).

9. The attachment to Bhoga (worldly enjoyment pleasures) through the desire-driven senses and pursuit of accumulation of wealth cannot resolve pursue the spiritual path of selfless action.
Verse 2:44 Persons attracted by and deeply attached to worldly sensual pleasures and prosperity cannot pursue the path of selfless action with determination.
(bhogaisvarya-prasaktanam, tayapahrta-cetasam
vyavasayatmika buddhih, samadhau na vidhiyate)

10. Arjuna should discard Vedas-prescribed actions driven by the three Gunas to achieve worldly objects and should adopt the yoga of performing selfless actions that will enable him to completely detach from all Worldly desires, wants, wealth protection and accumulation motivation as also pleasurers and pains of material existence so that he can get established permanently in Divine eternal existence.
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2.45 The Vedas prescribe actions driven by the three Gunas and this is what Arjuna should shun and should get permanently established in Eternal Divine Existence, totally detached from worldly wants and pleasures and the preservation of wealth and enjoyment.
(trai-gunya-visayaa vedaa, nistrai-gunyo bhavaarjuna
nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho, niryoga-kshema aatmavaan)

11. Wise men who have attained the ultimate, permanent peace of union with God no longer needs to use their body, senses, mind and intellect there is to act or pursue any desire or goal. And, they are the real `Brahman' (enlightened one)..
Verse 2:46 As on obtaining a reservoir of water flooded from all sides, there is no use for a small tank of water. Likewise, an enlightened Brahmana experiencing the ultimate reality of oneness does not need the Vedas or vedic rituals any longer.
yaavan aartha udapaane, sarvatah samplutodake
taavaan sarveshu vedeshu, brahmanasya vijaanatah