Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Therefore, always perform, without attachment, the action that ought to be done; for by performing action without attachment man verily attains the Supreme.
BG 3.19
तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर । असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः ॥
tasmād asaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara | asakto hy ācaran karma param āpnoti pūruṣaḥ ||
"Therefore: do your required action without attachment — this is the path that leads to the Supreme."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Therefore, without attachment, constantly perform the duty that should be done; for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]Therefore perform all actions, which are duties, without attachment, for by performing works without attachment man achieves the Highest.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Wherefore, go forwards! do thine allotted task! Work is more excellent than idleness; The body's life proceeds not, lacking work. There is a task of holiness to do.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Therefore perform actions without attachment; for performing actions without attachment, a man attains the highest.