Sanskrit · Devanagari
तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर। असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
tasmādasaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara asakto hyācarankarma paramāpnoti pūruṣaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Therefore always perform action, which must be performed, without attachment. For a man, performing action without attachment, attains the Supreme.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.19।। तस्मात् असक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः सततं सर्वदा कार्यं कर्तव्यं नित्यं कर्म समाचर निर्वर्तय। असक्तो हि यस्मात् समाचरन् ईश्वरार्थंकर्म कुर्वन् परं मोक्षम् आप्नोति पूरुषः सत्त्वशुद्धिद्वारेण इत्यर्थः।।यस्माच्च
dc1e498fa522…Rāmānuja
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.
43c79b71b3dd…Swami Sivananda
3.19 तस्मात् therefore? असक्तः without attachment? सततम् always? कार्यम् which should be done? कर्म action? समाचर perform? असक्तः without attachment? हि because? आचरन् performing? कर्म action? परम् the Supreme? आप्नोति attains? पूरुषः man.Commentary If you perform actions without attachment? for the sake of the Lord? you will attain to Selfrealisation through purity of heart. (Cf.II.64IV.19?23XVIII.49).
873478636c1d…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.