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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 19

भगवद् गीता अध्याय 3 श्लोक 19

तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर।
असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः।।3.19।।

English Translation - Swami Gambirananda

3.19 Therefore, remaining unattached, always perform the obligatory duty, for, by performing (ones) duty without attachment, a person attains the Highest.

English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary

3.19 Therefore, considering that work has to be performed with detachment, you perform it, considering yourself a non-agent. This will be declared in the words with detachment and which ought to be done, meaning that one attains the Supreme by Karma Yoga itself.

Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 3.19

Tasmaad asaktah satatam kaaryam karma samaachara; Asakto hyaacharan karma param aapnoti poorushah.

Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 3.19

tasmāt—therefore; asaktaḥ—without attachment; satatam—constantly; kāryam—duty; karma—action; samāchara—perform; asaktaḥ—unattached; hi—certainly; ācharan—performing; karma—work; param—the Supreme; āpnoti—attains; pūruṣhaḥ—a person