gita-begin

For Eternal Beginners

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सर्व कर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः ।
मत् प्रसादात् अवाप्नोति शाश्वतम् पदम् अव्ययम् ॥ ५६ ॥


sarva karmANyapi sadA kurvANo madvyapAzrayaH |
mat prasAdAt avApnoti zAzvatam padam avyayam || 56 ||

कुर्वाणः [kurvANaH] By doing सर्व कर्माण्यपि [sarva karmANyapi] any work, सदा [sadA] always मद्व्यपाश्रयः [madvyapAzrayaH] centered around Me, अवाप्नोति [avApnoti] a person attains शाश्वतम् [zAzvatam] the eternal, अव्ययम् [avyayam] inexhaustible पदम् [padam] position मत् प्रसादात् [mat prasAdAt] with My grace.

Worship with activities that are natural to you - even your material desires and pursuits.

Not only routine and prescribed actions, even an activity initiated by desire can be centered on Me. Such activities are done while entrusting doer-ship, outcomes and possessiveness in Me.

A person who works this way achieves the eternal, inexhaustible position. He will never again fall back to agitation - he will attain Me.

Hence, The Lord instructs -