Chapter 3 · Karma Yoga

Shloka 3.27

Lesson 146 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

प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः।अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

prakṛiteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśhaḥahankāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate

Sandhi-vicheda

prakṛiteḥ+kriyamāṇāni+guṇaiḥ+karmāṇi+sarvaśhaḥ+ahankāra-vimūḍha-ātmā+kartā+aham+iti+manyate

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Meaning of each word

prakṛiteḥsource form

of material nature

kriyamāṇānisource form

carried out

guṇaiḥsource form

by the three modes

karmāṇisource form

activities

sarvaśhaḥsource form

all kinds of

ahankāra-vimūḍha-ātmāsource form

those who are bewildered by the ego and misidentify themselves with the body

kartāsource form

the doer

ahamsource form

itisource form

thus

manyatesource form

thinks

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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

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।।3.27।। प्रकृतेः प्रकृतिः प्रधानं सत्त्वरजस्तमसां गुणानां साम्यावस्था तस्याः प्रकृतेः गुणैः विकारैः कार्यकरणरूपैः क्रियमाणानि कर्माणिलौकिकानि शास्त्रीयाणि च सर्वशः सर्वप्रकारैः अहंकारविमूढात्मा कार्यकरणसंघातात्मप्रत्ययः अहंकारः तेन विविधं नानाविधं मूढः आत्मा अन्तःकरणं यस्य सः अयं कार्यकरणधर्मा कार्यकरणाभिमानी अविद्यया कर्माणि आत्मनि मन्यमानः तत्तत्कर्मणाम् अहं कर्ता इति मन्यते।।यः पुनर्विद्वान्

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 3.27

Course position146 / 701

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