Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]One endowed with wisdom abandons here both good and evil karma. Therefore apply yourself to yoga; yoga is skill in action.
BG 2.50
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते । तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥
buddhi-yukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte | tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam ||
"The wisdom-yoked person rises above good and bad karma alike. Yoga is supreme skill in action."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]The wisdom-yoked man casts off here both good and evil deeds; therefore devote thyself to yoga; yoga is skill in action.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]The wise man, guided by pure discernment, abandons both good and evil works. Therefore give thyself up to yoga; in action, yoga is the highest skill.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]The righteous man casts equally aside Good deeds and bad, being fixed in Yog; Therefore to Yog address thyself! Yog is The very craft and mystery of deeds!
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]One possessed of understanding casts off in this world both good and evil deeds. Therefore devote yourself to yoga; yoga is dexterity in the performance of actions.