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Bhagavad Gita 18.6

एतान्यपि तु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलानि च।कर्तव्यानीति मे पार्थ निश्िचतं मतमुत्तमम्॥

etānyapi tu karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalāni ca |kartavyānīti me pārtha niśिcataṃ matamuttamam ||

But even these actions should be performed, leaving aside attachment and the desire for rewards, O Arjuna; this is my certain and most assured conviction.

Translation by Swami Sivananda · Public domain in India (translator d. 1963)

But they should be done with detachment and without thought of reward. This is my final judgement.

Translation by Shri Purohit Swami · Public domain in India (translator d. 1941)

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.

Edition: Common 700-verse recension. Arjuna's opening question in chapter 13, absent from that recension, is kept as 13.0.

Transliteration in IAST, generated from the Devanagari text.

Source: Sanskrit text via gita/gita (Unlicense), from the Gita Supersite, IIT Kanpur. Sanskrit text public domain.

Bhagavad Gita 18.6 · SatsangVidya