BG 18.46

यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।
स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः ॥
yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam
sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarcya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

mānavaḥ — a person;  vindati — attains;  siddhim — perfection;  abhyarcya — by worshiping;  tam — Him [i.e., God];  yataḥ — from whom;  pravṛttiḥ — [originate] the actions;  bhūtānām — of all beings;  yena — [and] by whom;  idam — this;  sarvam — entire [cosmos];  tatam — is pervaded;  sva-karmaṇā — through the execution of one’s own duties.

Translation

One attains perfection by worshiping God, from whom the actions of all beings originate and by whom this entire cosmos is pervaded, through the execution of one’s own duties.

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