SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 2 Text 47
karmany evadhikaras te
ma phalesu kadacana
ma karma-phala-hetur bhur
ma te sango 'stv akarmani

karmani--in prescribed duties; eva--certainly; adhikarah--right; te--of you; ma--never; phalesu--in the fruits; kadacana--at any time; ma--never; karma-phala--in the result of the work; hetuh--cause; bhuh--become; ma--never; te--of you; sangah--attachment; astu--there should be; akarmani--in not doing prescribed duties.

TRANSLATION

You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada begins his purport; There are three considerations here: prescribed duties, capricious work, and inaction. Prescribed duties are activities enjoined in terms of one's acquired modes of material nature. Capricious work means actions without the sanction of authority, and inaction means not performing one's prescribed duties.

He then presents a wonderful argument on why action is better than inaction. The statement that most captured my attention was; One who is attached to the result of his work is also the cause of the action. Thus he is the enjoyer or sufferer of the result of such actions.