The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda's translation of Ramanuja's Gita Bhashya, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
Translations of other slokas of the Gita are available on my blog http://haricharanam.blogspot.
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
Action with attachment is far inferior, O Arjuna, to action done with evenness in mind. Seek refuge in evenness of mind. Miserable are they who act with a motive for results.
All other kinds of action are inferior to those done with evenness of mind, which consists in the renunciation of the main result and with equanimity towards success or failure in respect of the secondary results. Between the two kinds of actions, the one with equanimity and the other with attachment, the former removes all sufferings of Samsara and leads to release which is the highest object of human existence. The latter type of action, which is pursued with an eye on results, leads one to samsara whose character is endless suffering. Thus when an act is being done, take refuge in Buddhi (evenness of mind). Refuge means abode, Live in that Buddhi. Misreable are they who act with a motive for results. Those who act with attachment for results are miserable as they will continue in samsara.
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