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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 3 · Karma Yoga

Shloka 3.24

Lesson 143 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

उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्।सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

utsīdeyur ime lokā na kuryāṁ karma ched ahamsankarasya cha kartā syām upahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ

Sandhi-vicheda

utsīdeyuḥ+ime+lokāḥ+na+kuryām+karma+chet+aham+sankarasya+cha+kartā+syām+upahanyām+imāḥ+prajāḥ

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Meaning of each word

utsīdeyuḥsource form

would perish

imesource form

all these

lokāḥsource form

worlds

nasource form

not

kuryāmsource form

I perform

karmasource form

prescribed duties

chetsource form

ahamsource form

sankarasyasource form

of uncultured population

chasource form

and

kartāsource form

responsible

syāmsource form

would be

upahanyāmsource form

would destroy

imāḥsource form

all these

prajāḥsource form

living entities

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।3.24।। उत्सीदेयुः विनश्येयुः इमे सर्वे लोकाः लोकस्थितिनिमित्तस्य कर्मणः अभावात् न कुर्यां कर्म चेत् अहम्। किञ्च संकरस्य च कर्ता स्याम्। तेन कारणेन उपहन्याम् इमाः प्रजाः। प्रजानामनुग्रहाय प्रवृत्तः उपहतिम् उपहननं कुर्याम् इत्यर्थः। मम ईश्वरस्य अननुरूपमापद्येत।।यदि पुनः अहमिव त्वं कृतार्थबुद्धिः आत्मवित् अन्यो वा तस्यापि आत्मनः कर्तव्याभावेऽपि परानुग्रह एव कर्तव्य इत्याह

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 3.24

Course position143 / 701

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