बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते ।तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥
buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte |tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam ||
- बुद्धियुक्तः · buddhiyuktaḥ
- yoked with understanding
- जहाति · jahāti
- casts off, leaves behind
- इह · iha
- here, in this world
- उभे · ubhe
- both
- सुकृतदुष्कृते · sukṛtaduṣkṛte
- good and evil deeds (and their binding fruits)
- तस्मात् · tasmāt
- therefore
- योगाय · yogāya
- to yoga
- युज्यस्व · yujyasva
- yoke yourself, devote yourself
- योगः · yogaḥ
- yoga
- कर्मसु · karmasu
- in actions
- कौशलम् · kauśalam
- skill, excellence
“Yoked with understanding, one casts off both good and evil deeds here itself. Therefore devote yourself to yoga — yoga is skill in action.”
— Original plain-language translation
'Yoga is skill in action' — the Gita's most quoted definition after samatva, and its most practical: excellence without entanglement. Even merit binds (golden chains are chains); buddhi-yoga cuts both kinds at once, in this very life.
— Reader's notes (original)