സക്താഃ കര്മണ്യവിദ്വാംസോ യഥാ കുര്വ്വന്തി ഭാരത കുര്യാദ്വിദ്വാംസ്തഥാസക്തശ്ചികീര്ഷുര്ലോകസംഗ്രഹം
saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṃso yathā kurvanti bhārata kuryādvidvāṃstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṃgraham
English Translation
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, as the unelightened poeple act with attachment to work, so should the enlightened person act, without attachment, being desirous of the prevention of people from going astray.
Explanation · English
The ignorant man works in expectation of fruits. He says? I will do such and such work and will get such and such fruit. But the wise man who knows the Self? serves not for his own end. He should so act that the world? following his example? would attain peace? harmony? purity of heart? divine light and knowledge. A wise man is one who knows the Self. (Cf.II.64III.19XVIII.49).