3.19 तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर। असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः
tasmād
Word meanings
tasmāt—therefore;asaktaḥ—without attachment;satatam—constantly;kāryam—duty;karma—action;samāchara—perform;asaktaḥ—unattached;hi—certainly;ācharan—performing;karma—work;param—the Supreme;āpnoti—attains;pūruṣhaḥ—a person
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Therefore, always remaining unattached, you should perform the action that is to be performed; for, the person performing action without attachment attains the Supreme.
Therefore do thy duty perfectly, without care for the results, for he who does his duty disinterestedly attains the Supreme.
Therefore without attachment do your work which ought to be done. For, a man who works without attachment attains to the Supreme.
Therefore, remaining unattached, always perform the obligatory duty, for, by performing (one's) duty without attachment, a person attains the Highest.
Therefore, without attachment, do thou always perform action which should be done; for, by performing action without attachment man reaches the Supreme.
3.21 यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः। स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते
yad
Word meanings
ācharati—does;śhreṣhṭhaḥ—the best;tat tat—that (alone);eva—certainly;itaraḥ—common;janaḥ—people;saḥ—they;yat—whichever;pramāṇam—standard;kurute—perform;lokaḥ—world;tat—that
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Whatever a great man does, others of lesser stature follow suit; whatever standard he sets, the world follows it.
For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set.
Whatever a great man does, other men also do. Whichever standard he sets, the world follows it.
Whatever a superior person does, another person does that very thing! Whatever he upholds as authority, an ordinary person follows that.
Whatsoever a great man does, that other men also do; whatever he sets up as the standard, that the world follows.
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कर्मयोग
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga
karmayoga
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3.20 कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः। लोकसंग्रहमेवापि संपश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि
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Word meanings
karmaṇā—by the performance of prescribed duties;eva—only;hi—certainly;sansiddhim—perfection;āsthitāḥ—attained;janaka-ādayaḥ—King Janak and other kings;loka-saṅgraham—for the welfare of the masses;eva api—only;sampaśhyan—considering;kartum—to perform;arhasi—you should
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Janaka and others attained emancipation through action alone. Moreover, you should act with the intention of upholding the world.
King Janaka and others attained perfection through action alone. Even for the sake of enlightening the world, it is thy duty to act;
Indeed by Karma Yoga alone did Janaka and others reach perfection. Even recognising its necessity for the guidance of the world, you must perform action.
For Janaka and others strove to attain Liberation through action itself. You ought to perform (your duties) keeping also in view the prevention of mankind from going astray.
Janaka and others attained perfection verily by action only; even with a view to the protection of the masses thou shouldst perform action.
