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Bhagavad-gītā  As It Is
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attached to his personal maintenance, for everything is left to Kṛṣṇa. Nor is he anxious to secure things, nor to protect things already in his possession. He does his duty to his best ability and leaves everything to Kṛṣṇa. Such an unattached person is always free from the resultant reactions of good and bad; it is as though he were not doing anything. This is the sign of  akarma , or actions without fruitive reactions. Any other action, therefore, devoid of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is binding upon the worker, and that is the real aspect of  vikarma , as explained hereinbefore.
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निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः । शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नामोति किल्बिषम् ॥ २१ ॥
nirāśīr yata-cittātmā  
 tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ  
 śārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma  
 kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam
nirāśīḥ —without desire for the results;  yata —controlled;  citta-ātmā —mind and intelligence;  tyakta —giving up;  sarva —all;  parigrahaḥ —sense of proprietorship over all possessions;  śārīram —in keeping body and soul together;  kevalam —only;  karma —work;  kurvan —doing so;  na —never;  āpnoti —does not acquire;  kilbiṣam —sinful reactions.
TRANSLATION
Such a man of understanding acts with mind and intelligence perfectly controlled, gives up all sense of proprietorship over his possessions and acts only for the bare necessities of life. Thus working, he is not affected by sinful reactions.
परापरागत
A Krṣṇa conscious person does not expect good or bad results in his activities. His mind and intelligence are fully controlled. He knows that he is part and parcel of the Supreme, and therefore the part played by him, as a part and parcel of the whole, is not his by choice but is chosen for him by the Supreme and is done only through His agency. When the hand