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4 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on balance. Explore teachings across 3 chapters.

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Yoga-sthah kuru karmani sangam tyaktva dhananjaya, siddhy-asiddhyoh samo bhutva samatvam yoga ucyate

Perform your duty equipoised, O Arjuna, abandoning all attachment to success or failure. Such equanimity is called yoga.

  • Equanimity in success and failure
  • Balance is the essence of yoga
  • Detachment brings peace
Sukha-duhkhe same kritva labhalabhau jayajayau, tato yuddhaya yujyasva naivam papam avapsyasi

Fight for the sake of duty, treating alike happiness and distress, loss and gain, victory and defeat. Fulfilling your responsibility in this way, you will never incur sin.

  • Treat opposites with equanimity
  • Duty transcends personal preference
  • Balanced action prevents karma