Mantra
Devanagari:
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते
Transliteration:
Karmanyevadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana
Ma Karmaphalaheturbhurma Te Sango Astvakarmani
Yogasthah Kuru Karmani Sangam Tyaktva Dhananjaya
Siddhyasiddhyoh Samo Bhutva Samatvam Yoga Uchyate
Translation:
You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but never to the fruits of action;
Never consider yourself the cause of the results, nor be attached to inaction.
Steadfast in yoga, perform your duties abandoning attachment, O Dhananjaya,
Remaining even-minded in success and failure, for equanimity is called Yoga.