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work is not auspicious. Everyone has his proprietory right in regard to prescribed duties, but should act without attachment to the result; such disinterested obligatory duties doubtlessly lead one to the path of liberation.
Arjuna was therefore advised by the Lord to fight as a matter of duty without attachment to the result. His nonparticipation in the battle is another side of attachment. Such attachment never leads one to the path of salvation. Any attachment, positive or negative, is cause for bondage. Inaction is sinful. Therefore, fighting as a matter of duty was the only auspicious path of salvation for Arjuna.
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योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनंजय । 
    सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥४८॥
yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanāñjaya siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga ucyate
yoga-sthaḥ —steadfast in  yoga ;  kuru —perform;  karmāṇi —your duty;  saṅgam —attachment;  tyaktvā —having abandoned;  dhanañjaya —O Dhanañjaya;  siddhi-asiddhyoḥ —in success and failure;  samaḥ —the same;  bhūtvā —having become;  samatvam —evenness of mind;  yogaḥ — yoga ;  ucyate —is called.
TRANSLATION
Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and abandon all attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga.
PURPORT
Krṣṇa tells Arjuna that he should act in  yoga . And what is that  yoga ?  Yoga  means to concentrate the mind upon the Supreme by controlling the ever-disturbing senses. And who is the Supreme? The Supreme is the Lord. And because He Himself is telling Arjuna to fight, Arjuna has nothing to do with the results of the fight. Gain or victory are Krṣṇa's concern; Arjuna is simply advised to act according to the dictation of Krṣṇa. The following of Krṣṇa's dictation is real  yoga , and this is practiced in the process called Krṣṇa consciousness. By Krṣṇa consciousness only can one give up the sense of proprietorship. One has to become the servant of Krṣṇa, or the