The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
The frame of mind that becomes a yogi is now detailed:
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 49
Durena hi avaram karma buddhi yogath dhananjaya I
Buddhau sharanam anuiccha kripana phala hetavah II sloka 49
दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धि योगात् धनञ्जय ।
बुद्धौ शरणं अनुइच्छ कर्पणाः फल हेतवः ।। श्लोक ४९
Motivated karma is, O Dhananjaya, far inferior to that performed with equanimity of mind; take refuge in the evenness of the mind; wretched are the result-seekers.
A porter carries the luggage of a railway passenger from one platform to another. A co-passenger also carries for him one or two bundles of his, with a helpful attitude. Though the action is the same for the porter and co-passenger, their attitudes differ widely. The one works for wages and the other for love. The wage earner remains a coolie while the other evolves in mind. The majority in the world work like the wage earner and make themselves wretched. But a few work for the duty's sake expecting nothing in return. They ever assume the role of a giver and never that of the grabber. The more the water from a well is bailed out, the more fresh water sprouts in it. The more a man acts for duty's sake seeking nothing in return, the more he grows in yoga.
Does the equilibrium of mind add to its efficiency? The answer comes in the next sloka.
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