कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः | जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ||२-५१||
karmajaṃ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ . janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṃ gacchantyanāmayam ||2-51||
- karma-jam
- due to fruitive activities
- buddhi-yuktāḥ
- being engaged in devotional service
- hi
- certainly
- phalam
- results
- tyaktvā
- giving up
- manīṣiṇaḥ
- great sages or devotees
- janma-bandha
- from the bondage of birth and death
- vinirmuktāḥ
- liberated
- padam
- position
- gacchanti
- they reach
- anāmayam
- without miseries
By thus engaging in devotional service to the Lord, great sages or devotees free themselves from the results of work in the material world. In this way they become free from the cycle of birth and death and attain the state beyond all miseries [by going back to Godhead].