Who is a Learned Person?

उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्या कर्म चेदहम्

संकरस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः

सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वंति भारत

कुर्यात्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्

न बुद्धिभेदम् जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसंगिनाम्

जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन्

utsIdEyurimE lOkA na kuryA karma cEdaham

saMkarasya ca kartA syAmupahanyAmimAH prajAH

saktAH karmaNyavidvAMsO yathA kurvaMti BArata

kuryAtvidvAMstathAsaktaScikIrShurlOkasaMgraham

na buddhiBEdam janayEdaj~jAnAM karmasaMginAm

jOShayEtsarvakarmANi vidvAnyuktaH samAcaran

Shloka Translation:

 

How much the world enthuses you do not work for a personal purpose.

Post doing good to the doer, the subjects are made redundant

O Bharatha, if the learned does the Karma being attached,   

Those would also have the interest and make this world a jealousy store

No knowledge takes birth from dividing minds are understood by the Doers of Karma

Like the Sun does its Karma, the learned practices his duty with equilibrium

The above the famous verses from the Gita where Shri Krishna sings and preaches this to Arjuna. He says what the Doer of the duties should concentrate on and how the learned behaves. He adds that doing the duty with no personal intentions would always be a grace and would help the world, otherwise the world would become a repository of the jealous. Hence, he advises that as the Sun does its duty spreading light without discrimination, the learned do their duty being equal.