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tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācara asakto hy ācaran karma param āpnoti pūruṣaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.19 Therefore, without being attached to the fruits of activities, one should act as a matter of duty, for by...

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 similarly...

na buddhi-bhedaṁ janayed ajñānāṁ karma-saṅginām joṣayet sarva-karmāṇi vidvān yuktaḥ samācaran Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.26 So as not to disrupt the minds of ignorant men attached to the fruitive results of prescribed...

prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ ahańkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.27 The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that...

tattva-vit tu mahā-bāho guṇa-karma-vibhāgayoḥ guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.28 One who is in knowledge of the Absolute Truth, O mighty-armed, does not engage himself in the senses...