The works of Ramaṇa Maharṣi

Upadeśa Sāram

Verse 3

ईश्वरार्पितं नेच्छया कृतम् ।चित्तशोधकं मुक्तिसाधकम् ॥

ईश्वर अर्पितं न इच्छया कृतम् चित्तशोधकं मुक्तिसाधकम्

In plain words

But let the doing be handed over — done for Him, not for what it brings — and the very same action turns clean. It stops thickening the mind and begins to thin it. This is how an ordinary life full of work becomes the way out, without your having to leave any of it.

Word for word

Offered to the Lord, done not by desire — purifying the mind, accomplishing liberation.