BG 18.6

एतान्यपि तु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलानि च ।
कर्तव्यानीति मे पार्थ निश्चितं मतमुत्तमम् ॥
etāny api tu karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalāni ca
kartavyānīti me pārtha niścitaṁ matam uttamam

Word-for-word meanings

pārtha — O son of Pṛthā;  etāni api — even these;  karmāṇi — actions;  tu — however;  kartavyāni — should be performed;  tyaktvā — while giving up;  saṅgam — attachment [to the sense of doership];  ca — and;  phalāni — [all expectations of] results;  iti — this;  me — [is] My;  niścitam — definitive;  uttamam — [and] ultimate;  matam — opinion.

Translation

O Pārtha, even these [three] actions, however, should be performed without any attachment [to the sense of doership] or desire for results. This is My definitive and ultimate opinion.

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