Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Dhananjaya, remain steadfast in yoga, do actions, giving up attachment. Remain equal in success and failure; for, equanimity is yoga.
BG 2.48
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय । सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥
yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanaṃjaya | siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||
"Do the work rooted in yoga, unattached. Equanimity in success and failure — that IS yoga."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Fixed in yoga, do thy work, O Dhananjaya, abandoning attachment, being the same in success and failure; for evenness of mind is called yoga.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]Perform thy duty unmoved by fear of any outcome, O Dhananjaya; abandoning attachment, with even mind in success and failure — this evenness of mind is called yoga.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Perform thy task, O Prince! Put off all fear; Be equal-minded — good and evil, gain And loss — do all things for Me, without Self-seeking. In such Yog let action be.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Perform action, O Dhananjaya, abandoning attachment, being equable in success or failure; equanimity is said to be yoga.