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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 3 · Karma Yoga

Shloka 3.20
Lesson 139 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
Scene and context

Duty, contribution and action without possessive attachment. How can daily work become disciplined service rather than a source of bondage?

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Shloka · Devanagari

कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः।लोकसंग्रहमेवापि संपश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

karmaṇaiva hi sansiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥloka-saṅgraham evāpi sampaśhyan kartum arhasi

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Sandhi-vicheda

karmaṇā+eva+hi+sansiddhim+āsthitāḥ+janaka-ādayaḥ+loka-saṅgraham+eva api+sampaśhyan+kartum+arhasi

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Meaning of each word

karmaṇāsource form
by the performance of prescribed duties
evasource form
only
hisource form
certainly
sansiddhimsource form
perfection
āsthitāḥsource form
attained
janaka-ādayaḥsource form
King Janak and other kings
loka-saṅgrahamsource form
for the welfare of the masses
eva apisource form
only
sampaśhyansource form
considering
kartumsource form
to perform
arhasisource form
you should
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Translation

Approved English translation pending

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1
Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।3.20।। कर्मणैव हि यस्मात् पूर्वे क्षत्रियाः विद्वांसः संसिद्धिं मोक्षं गन्तुम् आस्थिताः प्रवृत्ताः। के जनकादयः जनकाश्वपतिप्रभृतयः। यदि ते प्राप्तसम्यग्दर्शनाः ततः लोकसंग्रहार्थं प्रारब्धकर्मत्वात् कर्मणा सहैव असंन्यस्यैव कर्म संसिद्धिमास्थिता इत्यर्थः। अथ अप्राप्तसम्यग्दर्शनाः जनकादयः तदा कर्मणा सत्त्वशुद्धिसाधनभूतेन क्रमेण संसिद्धिमास्थिता इति व्याख्येयः श्लोकः। अथ मन्यसे पूर्वैरपि जनकादिभिः अजानद्भिरेव कर्तव्यं कर्म कृतम् तावता नावश्यमन्येन कर्तव्यं सम्यग्दर्शनवता कृतार्थेनेति तथापि प्रारब्धकर्मायत्तः त्वं लोकसंग्रहम् एव अपि लोकस्य उन्मार्गप्रवृत्तिनिवारणं लोकसंग्रहः तमेवापि प्रयोजनं संपश्यन् कर्तुम् अर्हसि।।लोकसंग्रहः किमर्थं कर्तव्य इत्युच्यते

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 3.20
Course position139 / 701
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