Do everything you have to do, but not with ego, not with lust, not with envy but with love, compassion, humility, and devotion.

About this quote

This is a popular modern rendering associated with the Bhagavad Gita rather than a literal translation of a specific verse. The Gita — Krishna’s dialogue with Arjuna within the Mahabharata — reaches most readers today through such free renderings.

For word-for-word translations with chapter-and-verse citations, see the sourced Gita quotes on this site, drawn from Swami Swarupananda’s 1909 public-domain translation.