Page 28 - SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA

You have a rightful title to action, but only to action : never at all to its fruitions. Let not the fruits of actions be your motive. Nor let your attachment be to inaction.
कमज ं बिु यु ा िह फलं ा मनीिषणः। जबिविनमु ाः पदं गनामयम॥्
Karmajam buddhiyuktaa hi phalam tyaktwaa maneeshinah; Janmabandha vinirmuktaah padam gacchantyanaamayam. (2-51)
United to this Discernment, the “Real man”, relinquishing the fruits issuing from action, and liberated from the bondage of births, attains the blissful supreme abode.
साःकमयिवासं ोयथाकुविभारत। कुयािां थासिकीषलु कसङ् हम।्
Saktaah karmanyavidwaamso yathaa kurvanti bhaarata; Kuryaad vidwaam stathaa saktash chikeershur lokasangraham. (3-25)
Just as, O Descendant of Bharata, the unwise act, with attachment to the action, even so the wise act, without attachment, with a view to maintain social order of the world.
Mere saying or hearing is of no avail in this respect. It is only to be practiced, and for it a broader heart is required. It is not so easily attainable in a brief span of time. Persistent labour with proper means is essential for it. It is likely that people may not pay heed to what I say herein; but soon the Reality which has, due to the effect of time, got covered with complexities, shall be unmasked and the people shall begin