Bhagavad Gita 2.47

But you have only the right to work, but none to the fruit of it. Let not the fruit of your action be your motive; nor be you enamored of inaction.

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥

karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana|
mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi||

English translation (above): Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain. Sanskrit text via github.com/gita/gita (Unlicense).

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