Sanskrit
एतान्यपि तु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलानि च । कर्तव्यानीति मे पार्थ निश्चितं मतमुत्तमम् ॥ ६ ॥
etāny api tu karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalāni ca kartavyānīti me pārtha niścitaṃ matam uttamam
Translation
But even these actions should be done leaving aside attachment and fruit, O Partha; that is my certain and best belief.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The condition is attachment, not action, that must go — even sacrifice, gift, and austerity should be done “leaving aside attachment and fruit.” Krishna calls this his own “certain and best belief” (niscitam matam uttamam), a rare moment where the text flags its own conclusion as settled doctrine rather than one option among several. This is the tyaga standard, restated from chapter 2’s teaching on acting without claim to results, now formally distinguished from sannyasa’s outright abstention.