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Although Krishna has been stressing the need for asakti (detachment) throughout (in Bhagavadgeta), he knows very well how hard it is for the human mind to give up sakti (attachment) or to rise above its attachmental notes.  Right in the beginning he had denounced sanga, showing in an explicit manner how it leads to total downfall (Bhagavadgeeta 2.62-63).  He also emphasized the need for expanding the mind by developing a non-attachmental vision, anabhisneha: (2.57).  His cardinal position is: One given to detached activity is by far the excellent human model (3.7).

He explains as well as extols again and again involvement in activity without getting attached to the results, saying that such a pursuit will itself be a full-fledged means for fetching the supreme gain (3.19).  His comparison of the activity of the Wise with that of an attached person, pointing out that externally both will appear the same, strikes a stunningly revealing note (3.25).  He holds that detachment does not dampen or immobilize activity, instead it makes the actions free and wholesome.  Detachment primarily ensures inward freedom and joy for the performer.  The culture and refinement of detachment, asangatva, is to be worked and gained at the mind and intelligence level.