DAY 12
Those Who Release the Fruit Are Freed
기원전 2세기경 편찬(서사시 전승)
ORIGINAL
karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ
📜 THE VERSE
The wise, their minds steadied, release the fruit that action bears, and so, freed from bondage, reach a place without blemish.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
What binds me — the work itself, or my clinging to its result?
📝Reflection
In this verse I learn that freedom lies not in quitting the work but in releasing attachment to its fruit. Do the same task while clinging to results, and it becomes the chain that binds me; release the result, and it becomes ground that grows me. It runs in the same grain as the Buddhist teaching of giving without leaving a trace. Whatever I do today, I try first to open the hand that wants to clutch the outcome tight.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
If a task pulls you to cling to its result today, write one line before you begin — 'the outcome is not mine to hold' — then start.
📖 Source:
Bhagavad Gītā 2:51.
Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
