अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव ।मदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि ॥
abhyāse 'py asamartho 'si mat-karma-paramo bhava |mad-artham api karmāṇi kurvan siddhim avāpsyasi ||
- अभ्यासे अपि · abhyāse api
- even in practice
- असमर्थः असि · asamarthaḥ asi
- you are unable
- मत्कर्मपरमः · mat-karma-paramaḥ
- intent on work for me
- मदर्थम् · mad-artham
- for my sake
- कुर्वन् · kurvan
- performing
- सिद्धिम् अवाप्स्यसि · siddhim avāpsyasi
- you shall attain fulfillment
“If you are unable even to practice, be intent on working for me. Performing actions for my sake, you shall attain fulfillment.”
— Original plain-language translation
Devotion descends from meditation into labor: every task done for Krishna's sake purifies. This rung suits Arjuna the warrior directly — his fighting itself, offered upward, becomes the practice.
— Reader's notes (original)