18.56
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा
कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः ।
मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति
शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ॥
sarvakarmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇo madvyapāśrayaḥ
matprasādād avāpnoti śāśvataṃ padam avyayam
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
Even while always doing all actions, the man who has taken refuge in me attains, by my grace, the perpetual place that does not perish.
नेपालीमा
सधैँ सबै कर्म गरिरहँदा पनि, ममा शरण लिएको मानिस मेरो कृपाले नाश नहुने सनातन स्थान पाउँछ।
Where it sits
The entering of 18.55 leaves the actions in his hands, refuge and grace carrying them to the place, and the next verse makes that a command.
Split: सर्व-कर्माणि + अपि + सदा + कुर्वाणः + मत्-व्यपाश्रयः + मत्-प्रसादात् + अवाप्नोति + शाश्वतम् + पदम् + अव्ययम्
sarva-karmāṇi + api + sadā + kurvāṇaḥ + mat-vyapāśrayaḥ + mat-prasādāt + avāpnoti + śāśvatam + padam + avyayam
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| सर्व-कर्माणि | sarva-karmāṇi | accusative plural | all actions. |
| अपि | api | indeclinable | even. |
| सदा | sadā | indeclinable | always. |
| कुर्वाणः | kurvāṇaḥ | present participle, middle, nominative | doing. From kṛ (कृ). |
| मत्-व्यपाश्रयः | mat-vyapāśrayaḥ | nominative, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | one who has taken refuge in me. vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय) is a refuge, from vi-apa-ā-śri (वि-अप-आ-श्रि). |
| मत्-प्रसादात् | mat-prasādāt | ablative | from my grace, by my grace. |
| अवाप्नोति | avāpnoti | present, 3rd singular | he attains. From ava-āp (अव-आप्). |
| शाश्वतम् | śāśvatam | accusative | perpetual. |
| पदम् | padam | accusative | place, standing. |
| अव्ययम् | avyayam | accusative | imperishable. Agrees with padam (पदम्). |
The phrases
sarvakarmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇaḥ (सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणः) is the man still in action. Even doing all actions, always. The participle is nominative, the subject.
madvyapāśrayaḥ (मद्व्यपाश्रयः) describes that same man. His refuge is me.
matprasādād avāpnoti śāśvataṃ padam avyayam (मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्) is what he reaches, and from where. By my grace, the perpetual place that does not perish.
Sanskrit in this line
The participle kurvāṇaḥ (कुर्वाणः) is middle: he is doing, and the doing concerns himself. Before the voiced m (म्) of mat (मत्), aḥ (अः) becomes o (ओ), so kurvāṇo madvyapāśrayaḥ (कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः). Then t (त्) of mat (मत्) before the vowel of avāpnoti (अवाप्नोति) is voiced to d (द्): प्रसादात् + अवाप्नोति prasādāt + avāpnoti is prasādād avāpnoti (प्रसादादवाप्नोति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Say what he is still doing, and what place he attains. If the actions have to stop before the place is reached, stay here.