Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action by thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction. (2.47)

Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action by thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction. (2.47) 

The fruit of an action, when one understands properly, is not anything different from the action itself. An action in the present when conditioned by a future-time appears as the fruit of the action. In fact, the action ends or fulfills itself only in its reaction, and the reaction is not anything different from the action; an action in the present defined in terms of a future moment is its reaction. Therefore, to worry over and get ourselves preoccupied with the anxieties for the rewards of actions is to escape from the dynamic present and to live in a future that is yet to be born! In short, the Lord’s advice here is a call to man not to waste his present moment in fruitless dreams and fears, but to bring his best – all the best in him – to present and vitally live every moment, the promise being that the future shall take care of itself and shall provide the Karma Yogin with achievements divine and accomplishments supreme.

Om Namah Shivay.