वेदोक्तमेव कुर्वाणो नि:सङ्गोऽर्पितमीश्वरे । नैष्कर्म्यां लभते सिद्धिं रोचनार्था फलश्रुति: ॥ ४६ ॥
vedoktam eva kurvāṇo niḥsaṅgo ’rpitam īśvare naiṣkarmyaṁ labhate siddhiṁ rocanārthā phala-śrutiḥ
- veda-uktam
- the regulated activities described by the Vedas
- eva
- certainly
- kurvāṇaḥ
- performing
- nihsaṅgaḥ
- without attachment
- arpitam
- offered
- īśvare
- to the Supreme Lord
- naiṣkarmyam
- of liberation from material work and its reactions
- labhate
- one achieves
- siddhim
- the perfection
- rocana-arthā
- for the purpose of giving encouragement
- phala-śrutiḥ
- the promises of material results given in the Vedic scriptures
By executing without attachment the regulated activities prescribed in the Vedas, offering the results of such work to the Supreme Lord, one attains the perfection of freedom from the bondage of material work. The material fruitive results offered in the revealed scriptures are not the actual goal of Vedic knowledge, but are meant for stimulating the interest of the performer.