102. No Preferred Outcome
K rishna says that the yogis , having abandoned sangam (unity/attachment), perform actions merely by the senses, body, mind and intellect for self-purification (5.11). It is interpreted that even though one abandons attachment in the present moment, their past karma bandhan (bondage of action) needs to be attended to. Hence, he keeps performing actions. Another way to look at it is that once attachment is abandoned, there is nothing left for him to attain in the physical or manifested world, and all actions lead to the purification of the inner self. Krishna further says that the yukta (balanced/steady) having abandoned the fruits of action, attains eternal peace whereas the ayukta (imbalanced), impelled by desire and attached to fruit, is bound (5.12). One of the foundational pillars of the Gita is that we have right over karma (action) but not karma-phal (fruits of action) (2.47). Abandoning the fruits of action means that there is no preference for any spec...