Interpretation

Here is the fork in the road: two people may perform identical external actions, but with entirely different inner orientations. The yogi releases the result — 'I act, but I do not own the outcome' — and finds the deep peace that comes from freedom. The non-yogi clings to results, driven by desire (kama), and every outcome — whether success or failure — creates more bondage, more craving, more suffering. The peace Krishna describes (naishtikeem shanti) is not temporary relief but the settled, abiding peace of one who no longer bargains with life.