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prakṛter guṇa-sammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasu tān akṛtsna-vido mandān kṛtsna-vin na vicālayet Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.29 Bewildered by the modes of material nature, the ignorant fully engage themselves in material...

mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-cetasā nirāśīr nirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigata-jvaraḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.30 Therefore, O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me, with full knowledge of Me, without desires...

ye me matam idaḿ nityam anutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ śraddhāvanto ‘nasūyanto mucyante te ‘pi karmabhiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.31 Those persons who execute their duties according to My injunctions and who follow...

ye tv etad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam sarva-jñāna-vimūḍhāḿs tān viddhi naṣṭān acetasaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.32 But those who, out of envy, disregard these teachings and do not follow them are to be...

sadṛśaḿ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavān api prakṛtiḿ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiḿ kariṣyati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.33 Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the nature...

indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣau vyavasthitau tayor na vaśam āgacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.34 There are principles to regulate attachment and aversion pertaining to the senses and their...

śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt sva-dharme nidhanaḿ śreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.35 It is far better to discharge one’s prescribed duties, even though faultily, than...

arjuna uvāca atha kena prayukto ‘yaḿ pāpaḿ carati pūruṣaḥ anicchann api vārṣṇeya balād iva niyojitaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.36 Arjuna said: O descendant of Vrishni, by what is one impelled to sinful acts,...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ mahāśano mahā-pāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.37 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of...

dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśo malena ca yatholbenāvṛto garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.38 As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, the...