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Chapter 2
Sankhya Yoga
47. You are eligible for performance of the actions alone and never for the fruits thereof. (Therefore) never with the object or having the fruits, do you ever engage yourself in actions.
Bhashya :- Desire bound self is reprehensible. How? In whom „desire for heavens originates‟, by such words as desires are recommended to be avoided. Such words have the stamp of secondary importance. Therefore, even for the wise, the desire for fruits is not advisable. How then (could it be) for others! It is also not that others can, but (a man of wisdom) Arjuna can. Though wise and partial manifestation of Indra, even he can be affected by greed and comforts. If one can expect no satva (luminosity) in him, then how can one expect wisdom in others? For receiving necessary instructions, he has all the necessary wisdom and qualifications. Arjuna is one of those who are considered amongst the most qualified person, an अधिकारी.
Only those actions (prompted by desire for fruit) is prohibited because fruits are independently ordained by the Lord. It is not that the fruits of actions are possible by one's own efforts alone. Similarly, desire for fruits of actions is also provided even though not aspired. Therefore, non-performance of any actions may bring opposite result. The fruits are available neither through Wisdom nor through Desire. Persons are entitled only for performance of action. Such, verily, is the way of action. Neither by having desire, nor by avoiding the means of wisdom, does one gain the fruits.
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