India, July 31 -- Lord Krishna has spoken about giving up the fruits of labour in multiple verses of the Bhagavad Gita. I present a few of them here: "When prescribed work is done considering that as duty only, and by renouncing attachment and the fruit of action also, that relinquishment is considered to be in goodness." (Gita 18.9)
In an earlier verse, Lord Krishna declares the relinquishment of the fruits of all acts as tyaga (renunciation). (Gita 18.2) And perhaps the most profound is this: "Knowledge is superior to practice; meditation is superior to knowledge; giving up the fruit of action is superior to meditation." (Gita 12.12)
This is because using the fruits of action for the benefit of others pleases God the most. God is comple...