gita-begin

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न मे पार्थ अस्ति कर्तव्यम् त्रिषु लोकेषु किन्चन ।
न अनवाप्तम् अवाप्तव्यम् वर्ते एव च कर्मणि ॥ २२ ॥


na me pArtha asti kartavyam triSu lokeSu kincana |
na anavAptam avAptavyam varte eva ca karmaNi || 22 ||

पार्थ [pArtha] Arjuna, न मे [na me] I have no किन्चन कर्तव्यम् [kincana kartavyam] duties at all त्रिषु लोकेषु [triSu lokeSu] in any of the three worlds. [na] There is nothing that अनवाप्तम् [anavAptam] I do not possess, अवाप्तव्यम् [avAptavyam] neither is there anything that I must obtain. वर्ते एव च [varte eva ca] Even then, I am always involved कर्मणि [karmaNi] in performing action.

Though the Lord isn’t bound to any duty or purpose, He stays active to reassure us.

I, Krishna, am the master of everything; I have everything that I desire; I know everything; My purpose is always fulfilled; I take any form, either that of a god or of an ordinary human; I act independently according to My will in the entire universe.

There are absolutely no duties imposed on Me. Even then, I am always in action to reassure all the people of the world.