कर्मणा बध्यते जन्तुर्विद्ययैव विमुच्यते ॥तस्मात्कर्म न कुर्वन्ति यतयः पारदर्शिनः ॥रथोत्तमः ॥आत्मज्ञाने शमे च स्याद्वेदाभ्यासे च यत्नवान् ॥
In plain words
Action is what binds a living being; knowledge alone sets it free. That is why the yatis, whose sight already reaches the far shore, do not take up works. || rathottamaḥ — the best of chariots. || Put your effort here: in knowing the Self, in the quieting of the mind, and in going over the Veda again and again.
Close to the Sanskrit
By action the creature is bound; by knowledge alone is it released. Therefore the strivers who see the far shore do not perform action. || rathottamaḥ (the best of chariots) || Let one be full of effort in knowledge of the Self, in tranquillity, and in the repeated study of the Veda.