Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 12, Verse 10

अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव । मदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि

abhyāse'pyasamartho'si matkarmaparamo bhava | madarthamapi karmāṇi kurvansiddhimavāpsyasi

Translation

(If) thou art not equal to practice either, then be thou intent on (doing) actions for My sake. Even doing actions for My sake, thou shalt attain perfection.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

abhyāse

in practice

api

also

asamarthaḥ

not-capable

asi

(thou) art

matkarmaparamaḥ

my, work, supreme, whose, he

bhava

be

madartham

for my sake

api

also

karmāṇi

actions

kurvan

doing

siddhim

perfection

avāpsyasi

(thou) shalt obtain

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Even if thou doest mere actions for My sake without practising yoga, thou shalt attain perfection: thou shalt first attain purity of mind, then yoga or steadfastness, then knowledge, and then perfection (mokṣa).