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Sanskrit

सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः । मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ॥ ५६ ॥

sarva-karmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇo mad-vyapāśrayaḥ mat-prasādād avāpnoti śāśvataṃ padam avyayam

Translation

Though ever performing all actions, taking refuge in Me, by My grace he obtaineth the eternal indestructible abode.

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

The devotee keeps performing “all actions,” continuously, while depending on Krishna throughout — and by that grace alone reaches “the eternal indestructible abode.” This closes a loop opened back in chapter 3: action itself was never the problem, attachment and self-dependence were, and a person can stay fully active in the world while the actual liberating work happens through grace rather than through the actions themselves.