Thread by @thekaipullai

I think the most famous verse from the Bhagwad Geeta, at least in India is Chapter 2, Verse 47, where most people say, "Do your duty and forget about the result".

The thing is, it's not actually its true meaning. The verse doesn't mean you forget about the result.

The true meaning of the verse is that you should detach yourself from the result.

Because, it is the attachment to result that causes all problems.

If you get too attached, when you work hard and fail, then you get into depression, sadness and anger.

Which is very sad

Because that affects all your further actions.

You life becomes a cycle stand where one thing falls over another, and then suddenly your entire life is gone.

OTOH, if you work hard and succeed, and if you are too attached. You get excited. You become egoistic.

You become arrogant.

You start to think you are infallible. Then life hits you so hard, you never wake up again.

You become too attached, and irrespective of the result, something bad will happen to you.

So the Geeta tells you to be detached.

Take both the results with equanimity. Because it was never in your hands in the first place.

And warns you not to stop and become inactive. Because inertia is the worst problem of all.

The actual full verse is

You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions

Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction

Everyone tells us the first part. Many forget to tell us the second