Bhagavad Gita 18.46 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Doing your work well is a way of thanking God.”
What it means
“By honouring, through your own work, the one from whom all beings come and who fills the universe, you reach fulfilment.”
The original Sanskrit
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् । स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः ॥
yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ
Translations
Literal translation
A human being achieves success by adoring through his own duties Him from whom is the origin of creatures, and by whom is all this pervaded.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जिस (परमात्मा) से भूतमात्र की प्रवृत्ति अर्थात् उत्पत्ति हुई है और जिससे यह सम्पूर्ण जगत् व्याप्त है, उस (परमात्मा) की स्वकर्म द्वारा पूजा करके मनुष्य सिद्धि को प्राप्त होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 18.47“Better to do your own work imperfectly than someone else's perfectly. Doing the work that suits your nature, you do no wrong.”