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yajñārthāt karmaṇo ‘nyatra loko ‘yaḿ karma-bandhanaḥ tad-arthaḿ karma kaunteya mukta-sańgaḥ samācara Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.9 Work done as a sacrifice for Vishnu has to be performed, otherwise work...

saha-yajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ anena prasaviṣyadhvam eṣa vo ‘stv iṣṭa-kāma-dhuk Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.10 In the beginning of creation, the Lord of all creatures sent forth generations of...

devān bhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ parasparaḿ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ param avāpsyatha Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.11 The demigods, being pleased by sacrifices, will also please you, and thus, by cooperation between...

iṣṭān bhogān hi vo devā dāsyante yajña-bhāvitāḥ tair dattān apradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.12 In charge of the various necessities of life, the demigods, being satisfied by the performance...

yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ bhuñjate te tv aghaḿ pāpā ye pacanty ātma-kāraṇāt Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.13 The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which...

annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karma-samudbhavaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.14 All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by...

karma brahmodbhavaḿ viddhi brahmākṣara-samudbhavam tasmāt sarva-gataḿ brahma nityaḿ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.15 Regulated activities are prescribed in the Vedas, and the Vedas are directly...

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...