Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 56

सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः । मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्

sarvakarmāṇyapi sadā kurvāṇo madvyapāśrayaḥ | matprasādādavāpnoti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam

Translation

Doing continually all actions whatsoever, taking refuge in Me — by My Grace he reaches the eternal undecaying Abode.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

sarvakarmāṇi

all, actions

api

also

sadā

always

kurvāṇaḥ

doing

madvyapāśrayaḥ

I, refuge, whose, he

matprasādāt

my, by favour

avāpnoti

obtains

śāśvatam

eternal

padam

goal

avyayam

indestructible

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Doing all actions including even the prohibited actions, whoso seeks refuge in Me, Vāsudeva, the Lord, with his whole self centred in Me, reaches the eternal Abode of Viṣṇu by the Grace of the Lord.