Verse 3.19
तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर ।
असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः ॥
Transliteration
tasmādasaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara |
asakto hyācarankarma paramāpnoti pūruṣaḥ ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Therefore without attachment, do thou always perform action which should be done; for by performing action without attachment man reaches the Supreme.
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Therefore, always do the work that must be done, without attachment; for by acting without attachment a person reaches the highest.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Krishna draws his conclusion for Arjuna. Whatever the state of the fully realised, Arjuna should keep doing the work that is his to do, kāryaṃ karma, without attachment. Acting in this way, a person reaches the supreme. The verse presents detached action not merely as a duty but as a path to the highest goal. It is a clear statement of karmayoga. The word therefore links it back to all that came before: the impossibility of inaction, the cycle of sacrifice, and the freedom of one who no longer acts from need.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08