📿 Shloka Collection

Karmajam Buddhiyukta Hi

Gita 2.51 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2 — Sankhya Yoga
कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः ।
जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥
Karmajam buddhiyukta hi phalam tyaktva manishinah
Janmabandha-vinirmuktah padam gachchhanty-anamayam
कर्मजम् फलम्
the fruit born of action
त्यक्त्वा
having renounced
बुद्धियुक्ताः
those endowed with wisdom
मनीषिणः
the wise, the thoughtful
जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः
freed from the bondage of birth
पदम्
the state, the abode
गच्छन्ति
they reach
अनामयम्
free from sorrow, free from affliction

Where does the path of selfless action lead? Krishna answers: the wise, having renounced the fruits of action, free themselves from the bondage of birth and reach the state that is anamayam — entirely free from sorrow.

Anamayam padam — the place beyond affliction. This is not a temporary heaven where merit runs out and you fall back. This is the state from which there is no return, where the cycle of birth and death simply ends. Krishna names the ultimate fruit of fruitless action: liberation itself.

The journey sketched here is quiet and steady. Act. Release the result. And, step by step, the chains of repeated birth loosen and fall away. No dramatic leap is needed — just a sustained, faithful practice of letting go.

This shloka reveals the supreme outcome of Karma Yoga. In 2.47, Krishna said: do not cling to the fruit. In 2.51, he reveals where that practice ultimately leads — to moksha, complete freedom.

The word anamayam (free from affliction) appears in the Upanishads as well, describing Brahman. Krishna uses it here to name the destination of selfless action — identical with the highest realization of the Vedanta tradition.

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