काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः ॥
क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर् भवति कर्मजा ॥
चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः ॥
तस्य कर्तारम् अपि मां विद्ध्य् अकर्तारम् अव्ययम् ॥
न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा ॥
इति मां यो ऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर् न स बध्यते ॥
एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैर् अपि मुमुक्षुभिः ॥
कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात् त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम् ॥
kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ ||
kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhir bhavati karmajā ||
cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ ||
tasya kartāram api māṃ viddhy akartāram avyayam ||
na māṃ karmāṇi limpanti na me karmaphale spṛhā ||
iti māṃ yo 'bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate ||
evaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvair api mumukṣubhiḥ ||
kuru karmaiva tasmāt tvaṃ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam ||
"Those desiring the success of their actions worship the devas here, because in the human world success born of action comes quickly. The four varnas were created by Me according to the division of gunas and actions; though I am their creator, know Me as the unchanging non-doer. Actions do not taint Me, and I have no craving for the fruit of action. Whoever knows Me thus is not bound by actions. Knowing this, the ancients too, seekers of liberation, performed action; therefore you also perform action, as the ancients performed it before you."
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Krishna links the social order not to pride of birth but to gunas and duties. His own freedom from the fruits becomes the model: action can be performed without inner bondage.