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मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः। निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव।।11.55।।

mat-karma-kṛin mat-paramo mad-bhaktaḥ saṅga-varjitaḥ nirvairaḥ sarva-bhūteṣhu yaḥ sa mām eti pāṇḍava

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 55
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
He who does all actions for Me, who regards Me as the Supreme, who is devoted to Me, who is free from attachment, who bears no enmity towards any creature, he comes to Me, O Arjuna.

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Why: one who performs actions for Krishna's sake, who considers him supreme, is devoted to him, free from attachment, and without hatred toward any being, attains Krishna, closing the chapter by translating the entire overwhelming vision back into a very ordinary, livable set of daily practices.

In life: even the most overwhelming, cosmic realization eventually has to translate into something you can actually practice in your ordinary days, doing your work with purpose, staying devoted, holding no hatred toward others.

Teaching: whatever overwhelming insight or experience you've had, work to translate it into a small number of ordinary, livable daily practices, that translation is what actually makes a significant realization sustainable over the long run, rather than remaining just a memorable but isolated peak experience.

mat-karma-kṛitperform duties for my sake
mat-paramaḥconsidering me the Supreme
mat-bhaktaḥdevoted to me
saṅga-varjitaḥfree from attachment
nirvairaḥwithout malice
sarva-bhūteṣhutoward all entities
yaḥwho
saḥhe
māmto me
eticomes
pāṇḍavaArjun, the son of Pandu

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.55 मत्कर्मकृत् does actions for Me? मत्परमः looks on Me as the Supreme? मद्भक्तः is devoted to Me? सङ्गवर्जितः is freed from attachment? निर्वैरः without enmity? सर्वभूतेषु towards all creatures? यः who? सः he? माम् to Me? एति goes? पाण्डव O Arjuna.Commentary This is the essence of the whole teaching of the Gita. He who practises this teaching will attain Supreme Bliss and Immortality. This verse contains the summary of the entire philosophy of the Gita.He who performs actions (duties) for the sake of the Lord? who consecrates all his actions to Him? who serves the Lord with his heart and soul? who regards the Lord as his supreme goal? who lives for Him alone? who works for Him alone? who sees the Lord in everything? who sees the whole world as the Cosmic Form of the Lord and therefore cherishes no feeling of hatred or enmity towards any creature even when great injury has been done by others to him? who has no attachment or love to wealth? children? wife? friends and relatives? and who seeks nothing else but the Lord? realises Him and enters into His Being. He becomes one with Him.Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita? the science of the Eternal? the scripture of Yoga? the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna? ends the eleventh discourse entitledThe Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form.,