Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 22

न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन । नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि

na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana | nānavāptamavāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi

Translation

I have nothing whatsoever to achieve in the three worlds, O son of Pṛthā, nor is there anything unattained that should be attained; yet I engage in action.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

na

not

me

of me

pārtha

O Pārtha

asti

is

kartavyam

to be done

triṣu

(in the) three

lokeṣu

worlds

kiñcana

anything

na

not

anavāptam

unobtained

avāptavyam

to be obtained

varte

exist (I)

eva

also

ca

and

karmaṇi

in action

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

I have nothing to achieve, for there is nothing unattained.