BG 2.51
कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः ।
जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥
जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥
karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ
janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gacchanty anāmayam
janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gacchanty anāmayam
Word-for-word meanings
hi — because; manīṣiṇaḥ — the wise; buddhi-yuktāḥ — who are endowed with this wisdom; tyaktvā — having renounced; phalam — the fruits; karma-jam — born of actions; vinirmuktāḥ — are thus freed; janma-bandha — [from] the shackles of birth; gacchanti — they attain; padam — the state; anāmayam — [of] freedom from misery.
Translation
Because the wise, who are endowed with this wisdom [of niṣkāma-karma-yoga], having renounced the fruits born of their actions, are thus freed from the shackles of birth, they attain the state beyond all misery.