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Īśopaniṣad 2

kurvanneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣecchatam̐ samāḥevaṃ tvayi nānyatheto'sti na karma lipyate nare

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kurvanneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣecchatam̐ samāḥ | evaṃ tvayi nānyatheto'sti na karma lipyate nare

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Though a man may wish to live a hundred years, performing works, it will be thus with him; but not in any other way: work will thus not cling to a man.

F. Max MüllerThe Upanishads, 1879 and 1884 · public domain (translation); CC BY-SA 4.0 (transcription)

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  1. English Though a man may wish to live a hundred years, performing works, it will be thus with him; but not in any other way: work will thus not cling to a man. F. Max Müller

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