Arjun picked up his shovel, but his mind was already calculating. “If I dig,” he thought, “and the rains still don’t come, my effort will be wasted. But if I don’t dig, and the rains come, the water will flow to Vikram’s field first. I will only dig if I am certain my field will be saved.” He spent three days measuring the distance, calculating the odds, and waiting for a guarantee. He did not dig.
In a fertile valley divided by a great river, there lived two farmers: Arjun and Vikram. Both were hardworking, but their hearts worked very differently. bhagavad gita quotes on karma
"The world is bound by action, unless performed for the sake of sacrifice. O son of Kunti, perform action for that purpose, free from attachment." (III.9) Arjun picked up his shovel, but his mind
This verse serves as the hermeneutic key to the entire text. It proposes a decoupling of the "act" from the "outcome." I will only dig if I am certain my field will be saved