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I understand that we shouldn't be attached to the fruits of the results.
But i hope its fine to atleast think about the results. So that we know what is the target we want to achieve or result we want to see by our action?
If we are not thinking about the results at all, how would we try to improve our actions to get ideal results. And not just become lazy, that i am doing my work whatever Krishna has to give in result, He will give.
How to understand this.
- Admin AnsweredEdited 20 Oct 2026
The purpose of niṣkāma karma yoga is to purify our heart of material desires. This is why one offers the results of Vedic karma mentally to Śrī Kṛṣṇa. This is a sādhana. So there is a goal - the goal is purification of the heart. And offering the results of the karma to Bhagavān in the mind is the method to achieve that goal. When one performs karma in this frame of mind - not anxious for the result, but diligently performs it because its results will be offered to Bhagavān - then one performs it meticulously and skillfully - yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam (BG 2.50).
As for becoming lazy - Bhagavān is saying here that a karma-yogi has the adhikāra to perform karma, but has no control over the results of that karma. He then adds that one should not become lazy - mā te saṅgo'stu akarmaṇi. If one thinks that one is the sole cause of that karma, then one will become bound to the results - as the footnote explains.