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evaḿ pravartitaḿ cakraḿ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaḿ pārtha sa jīvati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.16 My dear Arjuna, one who does not follow in human life the cycle of sacrifice thus established by the...

yas tv ātma-ratir eva syād ātma-tṛptaś ca mānavaḥ ātmany eva ca santuṣṭas tasya kāryaḿ na vidyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.17 But for one who takes pleasure in the self, whose human life is one of self-realization,...

naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana na cāsya sarva-bhūteṣu kaścid artha-vyapāśrayaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.18 A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he...

tasmad asaktah? satatam´ karyam´ karma samacara asakto hy acaran karma param apnoti purus?ah? Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.19 Therefore, without being attached to the fruits of activities, one should act as a matter of duty,...

karmaṇaiva hi saḿsiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥ loka-sańgraham evāpi sampaśyan kartum arhasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.20 Kings such as Janaka attained perfection solely by performance of prescribed duties. Therefore, just...

yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ sa yat pramāṇaḿ kurute lokas tad anuvartate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.21 Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by...

na me pārthāsti kartavyaḿ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana nānavāptam avāptavyaḿ varta eva ca karmaṇi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.22 O son of Pritha, there is no work prescribed for Me within all the three planetary systems. Nor am...

yadi hy ahaḿ na varteyaḿ jātu karmaṇy atandritaḥ mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.23 For if I ever failed to engage in carefully performing prescribed duties, O Partha,...

utsīdeyur ime lokā na kuryāḿ karma ced aham sańkarasya ca kartā syām upahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.24 If I did not perform prescribed duties, all these worlds would be put to ruination. I would be the...

saktāḥ karmaṇy avidvāḿso yathā kurvanti bhārata kuryād vidvāḿs tathāsaktaś cikīrṣur loka-sańgraham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.25   As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, the learned may...