# Tasmad Asaktah Satatam (तस्मादसक्तः सततम्)

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- Type: Shloka
- Scripture: Bhagavad Gita 3.19
- Language: sa
- Source: Bhagavad Gita 3 Sanskrit checked against SanskritDocuments: https://www.sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/bhagvadnew.html ; meanings checked against IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite and Vedabase chapter 3: https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/srimad?field_chapter_value=3&field_nsutra_value=19&language=dv ; https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/3/

## Summary

Bhagavad Gita 3.19 teaches a devotional principle from Krishna’s dialogue with Arjuna.

## Verses

### Bhagavad Gita 3.19

> तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर ।
> असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः ॥

Meaning (Hindi): इसलिए आसक्ति रहित होकर सदा अपना कर्तव्य करो। आसक्ति रहित कर्म करने से मनुष्य परम पद प्राप्त करता है।

Meaning (English): Therefore, always do the work that must be done without attachment. Through unattached action, a person reaches the highest state.