Action and Long Life
Isha Upanishad · 1 · Verse 2
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Sanskrit Original
कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेच्छतं समाः । एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे ॥ २ ॥
kurvanneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣec chataṃ samāḥ | evaṃ tvayi nānyathetо'sti na karma lipyate nare || 2 ||
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Performing works here below, one should desire to live a hundred years. Only in this way — not otherwise — does karma not cling to a person.