BG 3.22
न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन ।
नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि ॥
नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि ॥
na me pārthāsti kartavyaṁ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana
nānavāptam avāptavyaṁ varta eva ca karmaṇi
nānavāptam avāptavyaṁ varta eva ca karmaṇi
Word-for-word meanings
pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; me — for Me; na asti — there is not; kartavyam — any duty to perform; na — [since] there is not; kiñcana — anything whatsoever; triṣu — in the three; lokeṣu — worlds; anavāptam — that is unobtained [by Me]; avāptavyam — [or] to be obtained; eva ca — and yet; varte — I am engaged; karmaṇi — in action.
Translation
O Arjuna, I have no duty to perform, since there is nothing whatsoever in the three worlds that is not already obtained by Me nor anything to be attained [in the future], yet still I too am engaged in action.