# Bhagavad Gita 12.10

**Canonical reference:** `gita.12.10`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव।
मदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि ॥

## IAST

abhyāse.apyasamartho.asi matkarmaparamo bhava
madarthamapi karmāṇi kurvansiddhimavāpsyasi

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

O Dhanañjaya ! endeavour to obtain me by the abstraction of mind (resulting) from continuous meditation. If you are unequal even to continuous meditation, then let acts for (propitiating) me be your highest (aim). Even performing actions for (propitiating) me, you will attain perfection.

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