Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 12, Verse 11
अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः । सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्
athaitadapyaśakto'si kartuṃ madyogamāśritaḥ | sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān
Translation
If thou art unable to do even this, then refuged in devotion to Me, do thou abandon the fruits of all actions, self-controlled.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- atha
- now
- etat
- this
- api
- also
- aśaktaḥ
- not able
- asi
- (thou) art
- kartum
- to do
- madyogam
- my yoga
- āśritaḥ
- refuged (in)
- sarvakarmaphalatyāgam
- (of) all, of actions, of fruit, renunciation
- tataḥ
- then
- kuru
- act
- yatātmavān
- controlled, self, whose, he
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
If thou canst not even be intent on doing actions for My sake as thou hast just been taught, then do thou perform actions renouncing them all in Me, and abandon the fruit of those actions.