Gita Chapter Two Select Verses 03

12. One has the right to actions, driven by the Gunas that attach actions to intended results from actions. But actions by themselves cannot guarantee the materialization of the intended result. So, one is destined to perform actions but it is pointless to be attached to an expectation of the realization of the intended consequences of one’s actions since results of actions may seldom be realized fully or even partially. It is better to act without any attachment to the intended or actual consequences of actions. But just because one is not assured of the certainty of realizing the intended consequences of any action, one cannot pursue a strategy of being inactive as one will e forced to act anyway.
Verse 2.47 One can and have no option but to only exercise the right to perform actions/ duties as per his/her own instincts (gunas), but never can one assure himself/ herself of the certainty of realizing the intended/ desired fruits of actions performed. Thus, pursuing a motive of the fruit of action is pointless. The non-correspondence of actions with the intended results, however, does not mean that one can desist from actions and be attached to inaction.
karmanyevaadhikaraas te, maa phaleshu kadaachanaa
maa karma-phala-hetur bhoor, maa te sango 'stv akarmani

13. Yoga is nothing but performing duties / actions without attachment to success or failure to achieve the intended consequences of such actions/ duties. That is what one should do.
Verse 2.48 Arjun, Dhananjaya (the conqueror of wealth), should perform actions (duties), renouncing attachment, being steadfast in the path of Yoga, remaining even-minded in success and failure: Yoga is nothimg but that equanimity of detachment to outcome of actions.
yoga-sthah kuru karmaani, sangam tyaktvaa dhananjaya
siddhy-asiddhyoh samo bhootvaa, samatvam yoga uchyate

14. The continuous reflection of the wisdom of equanimity in a person’s way of living frees the person from the dilemma over what is good or bad action: practicing equanimity is the strategy of skillfully performing actions in life.
Verse 2.50 A person with the trait of inherent equanimity in life is free from the bondage of dilemma over good and bad actions; practicing the Yoga of equanimity imparts the skill in performing actions.
buddhi-yukto jahatiha, ubhe sukrita-duskrte
tasmad yogaya yujyasva, yogah karmasu kausalam

15. One who happens to possess the trait of equanimity treats all types of actual or likely results of one’s actions: this trait by definition enables the person to remain detached and enjoy the blissful state of total immunity from the perception of worldly life of pleasures and pains commonly associated with human birth.
Verse 2.51 Wise men endowed with equanimity remain detached from (likely and actual) consequences of their actions: this frees them from the bondage of life and enables them to enjoy the supreme bliss.
karma-jam buddhi-yukta hi, phalam tyaktvaa maneesinah
janma-bandha-vinirmuktaa, padam gachchanti anaamayam

16. An intellect free from the attachment to ego, desire and sensual pleasure and pain derived from objects and thoughts by definition is indifferent to all advise to perform duties, rituals and actions that promises enjoyment in current life and future.
Verse 2.52 When intellect frees itself from the delusion (of worldly pleasure and pain. Of ego and desire), it becomes indifference to and unaffected by what has been heard and what is yet to be heard about the enjoyments of this life and beyond.
yadaa te moha-kalilam, buddhir vyatitarisyati
tada gantasi nirvedam, srotavyasya srutasya ca