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According to the Gita, how do I abandon fruits of my karma? Should I donate my whole salary and stay hungry?

11.06.2025 15:21

According to the Gita, how do I abandon fruits of my karma? Should I donate my whole salary and stay hungry?

Says Sri Krishna in the 6th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita —

You can as well stay hungry without earning! Why waste your time and energy in toiling from dawn to dusk just to earn money, donate all of them and stay hungry?

If you want to donate your whole salary and stay hungry, why work at all in the first place?

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yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā।। 6.17

When you receive your salary at the month end, use ⅒ of it for Dharmic activities and the with the remaining amount, use it to keep your body in a fit condition for your sadhana and, to support your parents and other family members like your wife and children (if any).

So that way, you cannot abandon the fruits of your action. Now you will be attached to the action of donating all your money and staying hungry!

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Is there any need of sweating so much just to stay hungry? And after so much toiling from morning till evening or night, where's the energy left in you to stay hungry even? You will not only be able not to stay hungry, but you will overeat! To stay hungry, your body must in a fit condition.

न चाति स्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन || 6. 16||

A person who is moderate in food, recreation, work, sleep and waking, to such a person Yoga becomes a means to kill sorrow!

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O Arjuna! Yoga is not for him who eats too much or doesn't eat all; Yoga is not for him who sleeps too much or doesn't sleep at all

युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु |

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na chāti-svapna-śhīlasya jāgrato naiva chārjuna।। 6.16।।

नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नत: |

nātyaśhnatastu yogo ’sti na chaikāntam anaśhnataḥ।

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yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-cheṣhṭasya karmasu।

Abandoning the fruits of actions means you offer the results of your actions to God. This doesn't mean that you will not receive the fruits of your actions. You certainly will! But when you work, you must perform it as an offering unto God and leave the results in His hands. You don't think about the results of your actions while you are working, and even after you are done with your work!

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Ive been pretending to be okay and acting as normal as possible, but Im actually completely heartbroken after a recent breakup. Its painful and really affecting me, to the point where I cant concentrate at work, Ive lost my appetite, I cant sleep, and It feels as if my whole world has been turned upside down. I loved him so much. He said so many cruel things to me and it made me realize he must not have loved me the way I loved him, or he wouldnt have said such horrible things. How do I handle the heartbreak and why cant I accept that he didnt love me and just forget about him?

युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दु:खहा || 6. 17||

There must be a sense of balance in all your activities avoiding the two extremes of being a workaholic and being a lazy person. Similarly in your eating, sleeping, relaxing, you must be moderate.

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