BG 12.11

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः ।
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान् ॥
athaitad apy aśakto ’si kartuṁ mad-yogam āśritaḥ
sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān

Word-for-word meanings

atha — but [if];  asi — you are;  aśaktaḥ — unable;  kartum — to do;  etat api — even this;  tataḥ — then;  āśritaḥ — taking shelter;  mat — of My;  yogam — yoga;  yata-ātmavān — [and] being self-controlled;  kuru — be engaged;  tyāgam — in renouncing;  phala — the results;  sarva-karma — of all actions [to Me].

Translation

But if you cannot do even this, then taking shelter of My yoga and being self-controlled, offer the fruits of all your actions to Me.

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