युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् | अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते ||५-१२||
yuktaḥ karmaphalaṃ tyaktvā śāntimāpnoti naiṣṭhikīm . ayuktaḥ kāmakāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate ||5-12||
Chapter 5 · Verse 12
Karma Sannyasa Yoga
कर्मसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
Santim naishthikim is interpreted as peace born of devotion of steadfastness. The harmonious man who does actions for the sake of the Lord without expectation of the fruit and who says. I do actions for my Lord only not for my personal gain or profit attains to the peace born of devotion through the following four stages viz.
Translation
5.12 A Yogin, renouncing the fruits of his actions, attains lasting peace. But the unsteady man who is attached to fruits of actions, being impelled by desire, is bound.
Meaning
Santim naishthikim is interpreted as peace born of devotion of steadfastness. The harmonious man who does actions for the sake of the Lord without expectation of the fruit and who says. I do actions for my Lord only not for my personal gain or profit attains to the peace born of devotion through the following four stages viz. purity of mind the attainment of knowledge renunciation of actions and steadiness in wisdom. But the unbalanced or the unharmonised man who is led by desire and who is attached to the fruits of the actions and who says. I have done such and such an action I will get such and such a fruit is firmly bound.
Word by word
युक्तः the united one (the well poised) कर्मफलम् fruit of action त्यक्त्वा having abandoned शान्तिम् peace आप्नोति attains नैष्ठिकीम् final अयुक्तः the nonunited one कामकारेण impelled by desire फले in the fruit (of action) सक्तः attached निबध्यते is bound.