Though always performing all kinds of actions, one who takes refuge in Me attains by My grace the eternal, imperishable abode. This extraordinary verse promises liberation through grace to the active devotee. Shankara sees grace (mad-prasadat) operating through the knowledge that devotion produces. Ramanuja celebrates this as confirming that the Lord's grace is the ultimate means of liberation, available to those who act with surrender. Madhva assures that worldly engagement under God's protection leads to the eternal abode. Abhinavagupta sees consciousness taking refuge in its own ground, with all actions becoming spontaneous expressions of that ground — the eternal abode being one's own infinite nature recognized. Vallabha celebrates this as pushti-bhakti's core promise: grace transforms the nature of action and carries the devotee home. The bhakti tradition treasures this as the Lord's personal guarantee. Tilak finds definitive vindication of karma-yoga: continuous action plus surrender equals liberation. Vivekananda teaches that work in God's name, under God's guidance, brings the eternal — no withdrawal needed. This verse is among the Gita's most hopeful: the active life, surrendered to God, leads to the highest goal.