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12.11 And if not even that Krishna speaks

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्

athaitad apy aśhakto ’si kartuṁ mad-yogam āśhritaḥ
sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān

And if you cannot manage even this, then take refuge in being joined to me, and give up the fruit of all action, self-restrained.

Explanation

The last rung, and it asks almost nothing.

If even working for his sake is beyond you, then simply take refuge in being joined and let go of the fruit of whatever you were going to do anyway.

This is the floor of the Gita. No devotion required, no meditation, no faith stated — only the surrender of the outcome, which is the instruction 2.47 gave before any of the machinery existed.

Word by word

atha
if
etat
this
api
even
aśhaktaḥ
unable
asi
you are
kartum
to work
mad-yogam
with devotion to me
āśhritaḥ
taking refuge
sarva-karma
of all actions
phala-tyāgam
to renounce the fruits
tataḥ
then
kuru
do
yata-ātma-vān
be situated in the self