Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 55
मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः । निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव
matkarmakṛnmatparamo madbhaktaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ | nirvairaḥ sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa māmeti pāṇḍava
Translation
He who does works for Me, who looks on Me as the Supreme, who is devoted to Me, who is free from attachment, who is without hatred for any being, he comes to Me, O Pāṇḍava.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- matkarmakṛt
- my, work, does, this
- matparamaḥ
- I, the supreme, whose, he
- madbhaktaḥ
- my devotee
- saṅgavarjitaḥ
- by attachment, abandoned
- nirvairaḥ
- without enmity
- sarvabhūteṣu
- among all creatures
- yaḥ
- who
- saḥ
- he
- mām
- to me
- eti
- goes
- pāṇḍava
- O Pāndava
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
A servant works for his master, but he does not look upon that master as the highest goal for him to reach after death; but My devotee works for Me and also looks on Me as the Supreme Goal; I am his Supreme Goal. He is devoted to Me; he serves Me alone in all manner of ways, with his heart and soul. He is not attached to wealth, to progeny, to friends, to wife, to kinsmen, or to pleasures; for them he has no attachment or love. He cherishes no feeling of enmity for any of the creatures, even though these latter may have done great injury to him. Such a man comes to Me. I am his highest Goal, and he seeks nothing else. This is the teaching I have to offer to thee, O Pāṇḍava.