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Sanskrit · Devanagari

दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय। बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

dūreṇa hyavaraṃ karma buddhiyogāddhanañjaya buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ

Action, O Dhanañjaya! is far inferior to the devotion of the mind. In that devotion seek shelter. Wretched are those whose motive (to action) is the fruit (of action).

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 62%.