मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः ।निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव ॥
mat-karma-kṛn mat-paramo mad-bhaktaḥ saṅga-varjitaḥ |nirvairaḥ sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ sa mām eti pāṇḍava ||
- मत्कर्मकृत् · mat-karma-kṛt
- doing actions for me
- मत्परमः · mat-paramaḥ
- holding me as supreme
- मद्भक्तः · mad-bhaktaḥ
- devoted to me
- सङ्गवर्जितः · saṅga-varjitaḥ
- free from attachment
- निर्वैरः · nirvairaḥ
- without enmity
- सर्वभूतेषु · sarva-bhūteṣu
- toward all beings
- माम् एति · mām eti
- comes to me
- पाण्डव · pāṇḍava
- O son of Pandu
“Whoever acts for me, holds me supreme, is devoted to me, is free from attachment and without hatred toward any being — that one comes to me, O Pandava.”
— Original plain-language translation
IN SHORT Work with love, stay unattached, hate no one, and you will arrive.
The chapter closes with a fivefold practice condensing the whole Gita: dedicated action, supreme aim, devotion, detachment, universal friendliness. Vision ends in ethics — the seer returns to the battlefield as an instrument of peace. It is like an employee working for the company mission, not office politics, and staying friendly with every coworker.
— Reader's notes (original)