18.56 sarva-karmāṇy api sadā (Original)

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sarva-karmāṇy api sadā
kurvāṇo mad-vyapāśrayaḥ
mat-prasādād avāpnoti
śāśvataṁ padam avyayam

‘Doing all works, at all times, with trust reposed in Me, one, through My Grace, wins the eternal infinite State.’

All works: Not merely the nitya and the naimittika works but all works inclusive of those of the kāmya kind.

Trust reposed in Me = Accrediting Me with or ascribing to Me all Authorship etc.

State = That which is reached (padam) = Goal = Myself. By doing all works (in the manner aforesaid) I am reached, -I who am Eternal (śāsvata in time) and Infinite (avyaya, in space).

Since it is so, therefore:

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