Bhagavad Gita 2.47 Chant-Along | karmaṇy evādhikāras te — learn it line by line

Learn to chant Bhagavad Gita 2.47 line by line, Krishna's words to Arjuna: listen, then your turn, then three rounds together. First the whole verse; then each quarter slowly and a little faster, with a silent turn for you after each; then the two half-verses; then three rounds together, with the meaning on screen. कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi Word by word: karmaṇi (कर्मणि): in the work (in action) eva (एव): only adhikāraḥ (अधिकारः): the right, what is yours to claim te (ते): your mā (मा): never, not phaleṣu (फलेषु): in the results (fruits) kadācana (कदाचन): at any time, ever mā karma-phala-hetuḥ (मा कर्मफलहेतुः): not one whose motive is the result of the work bhūḥ (भूः): be (with mā: do not be) mā (मा): not te (ते): your saṅgaḥ (सङ्गः): clinging, attachment astu (अस्तु): let there be akarmaṇi (अकर्मणि): to not acting, doing nothing The meaning, in our words: Your right is to the work alone, never to its results. Don’t work for the result, and don’t cling to doing nothing. One verse a day. Next: 2.48. Chant voice, pictures and music made with AI (Google Gemini TTS, Nano Banana, Lyria); the Sanskrit text and meanings checked by Posts of Bharath.