Chapter 12, Verse 11
अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः। सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्।।12.11।।
athaitadapyaśakto'si kartuṃ madyogamāśritaḥ. sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān..12.11..
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- अथ
- if, now (introducing an alternative)
- एतत्
- this (i.e., the practice just described)
- अपि
- even, also
- अशक्तः असि
- you are unable
- कर्तुम्
- to do
- मत्-योगम्
- union/discipline directed toward Me
- आश्रितः
- resorting to, taking refuge in
- सर्व-कर्म-फल-त्यागम्
- the renunciation of the fruits of all actions
- ततः
- then, therefore
- कुरु
- do, perform (imperative)
- यत-आत्मवान्
- one who has controlled the self/mind
Commentary
ii. If thou art unable to do even this, then refuged in devotion to Me, do thou abandon the fruits of all actions, self controlled.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अथ
एतत्
अपि
अशक्तः असि
कर्तुम्
मत्-योगम्
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