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Bhagavad Gita · 18.56 · Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender·56 of 78

सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ॥

sarva-karmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇo mad-vyapāśhrayaḥ

mat-prasādād avāpnoti śhāśhvataṁ padam avyayam

Sanskrit recitation

Surrender the weight · 18.56–18.66 · Teaching

Translation

Having taken refuge in Me and doing all actions, by My grace he obtains the eternal, indestructible state of being.

Meaning

Worshipping Me with the flowers of his good actions he reaches the imperishable Brahmic seat of ineffable splendour through My grace. He attains union with Me and enjoys the supreme bliss. If by chance he commits some prohibited actions, still, as in the Ganga (Indias most holy river) the waters of the drains and roads find union, so My devotee, becoming united with Me, is unaffected by these prohibited actions.Worship of the Lord through ones duties purifies the heart of the aspirant and prepares him for the devotion to knowledge which eventually leads him to the attainment of Selfrealisation. The Yoga of Devotion is eulogised here.All actions Good actions and even the prohibited actions. He who takes shelter in Me, Vaasudeva, the Lord, with his whole self centred in Me attains the eternal abode of Vishnu, by the grace of the Lord.

After Swami Sivananda

Surrender the weight· 18.56–18.66→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
sarva
all
karmāṇi
actions
api
though
sadā
always
kurvāṇaḥ
performing
mat-vyapāśhrayaḥ
take full refuge in me
mat-prasādāt
by my grace
avāpnoti
attain
śhāśhvatam
the eternal
padam
abode
avyayam
imperishable

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