Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, Verse 11

Devotees in the path of work perform action, only with body, mind, senses, and intellect, forsaking attachment, for the purification of the heart.

The actual goal shifts here, not results, not recognition, just genuine inner cleanup.

This reframes why someone would even bother acting without attachment in the first place. The real motive isn't renouncing effort, it's redirecting that same effort toward something more lasting than any external outcome.