Do not let the fruit be the purpose of your actions, and therefore you won

Do not let the fruit be the purpose of your actions, and therefore you won’t be attached to not doing your duty. This message was from Lord Krishna to Arjun during the Epic War of Mahabharat when Arjun was not willing to fight, given that he had the opposite of him, all those persons he considers being his own. Arjun says to Krishna, what’s the use of fighting against my own for just a piece of land. What happiness will I get by slaying my dear ones? The ones on the other side are my own uncle, my cousin. Won’t I be committing a sin? What will I get by killing all of them? Instead, I would have preferred that they kill me here itself. Then Krishna explains to him about his duties. The above verse, which is among the most famous verse in Mahabharat, is one of those explanations he has given. Let us study the context: In this case, Krishna tells Arjun that no matter what results from the war, he should not be worried about it. His duty is to fight, then he has to fight. He wins or loses that is not important. Even if he dies during the war, he will attain heaven because he has correctly performed his duty. Now coming to the second phrase of the above verse, Krishna also advises Arjun that he should never let the fruit be the purpose of his action, in this case, the action is his fight and the fruit is he wins or loses. In other words, he is not supposed to worry about victory or defeat. Either one wins or loses, he must be neutral about it. In simple terms, it means: Keep on performing your duties without being attached to the result of your actions. Either you get something or you get nothing, you should not worry about it. You should have neutral behavior. Well, let us relate that in our context as a human being: As an example: A student — It is his duty to study, he passes or fails that’s not in his control. The student does not study just for the sake of passing his exams. When he studies, he learns. Whether he passes or fails, he should not be too happy or to