3.24 उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्। सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः
utsīdeyur
Word meanings
utsīdeyuḥ—would perish;ime—all these;lokāḥ—worlds;na—not;kuryām—I perform;karma—prescribed duties;chet—if;aham—I;sankarasya—of uncultured population;cha—and;kartā—responsible;syām—would be;upahanyām—would destroy;imāḥ—all these;prajāḥ—living entities
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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These worlds would perish if I were not to perform action; and I would be the cause of confusion; I would destroy these people.
And if I were to refrain from action, the human race would be ruined; I should lead the world to chaos, and destruction would follow.
If I do not do work, these men would be lost; and I will be causing chaos in life and thereby ruining all these people.
These worlds will be ruined if I do not perform action. And I shall become the agent of intermingling (of castes), and shall be destroying these beings.
These worlds would perish if I did not perform action; I should be the author of confusion of castes and destruction of these beings.
3.26 न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्। जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान् युक्तः समाचरन्
na buddhi
Word meanings
na—not;buddhi-bhedam—discord in the intellects;janayet—should create;ajñānām—of the ignorant;karma-saṅginām—who are attached to fruitive actions;joṣhayet—should inspire (them) to perform;sarva—all;karmāṇi—prescribed;vidvān—the wise;yuktaḥ—enlightened;samācharan—performing properly
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Let the wise master of Yoga fulfill (or destroy) all actions by performing them all, and let him not create any disturbance in the minds of the ignorant persons attached to action.
But a wise man should not perturb the minds of the ignorant, who are attached to action; let him perform his own actions in the right spirit, with concentration on Me, thus inspiring all to do the same.
He should not bewilder the minds of the ignorant who are attached to work; rather himself performing work with devotion, he should cause others to do so.
The enlightened man should not create disturbance in the beliefs of the ignorant, who are attached to work. Working, while himself remaining diligent [Some translate yuktah as, 'in the right manner'. S. takes it in the sense of Yoga-yuktah, merged in yoga.-Tr.], he should make them do [Another reading is yojayet, meaning the same as josayet.-Tr.] all the duties.
Let no wise man unsettle the minds of ignorant people who are attached to action; he should engage them in all actions, himself fulfilling them with devotion.
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कर्मयोग
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga
karmayoga
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3.25 सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत। कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्
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Word meanings
saktāḥ—attached;karmaṇi—duties;avidvānsaḥ—the ignorant;yathā—as much as;kurvanti—act;bhārata—scion of Bharat (Arjun);kuryāt—should do;vidvān—the wise;tathā—thus;asaktaḥ—unattached;chikīrṣhuḥ—wishing;loka-saṅgraham—welfare of the world
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Therefore, just as the unwise persons, being attached to action, do, O son of Prtha, so the wise should perform, but being unattached and desiring to hold the world together.
As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without such attachment, fixing their eyes, O Arjuna, only on the welfare of the world.
Just as the ignorant, attached to their work, act, O Arjuna, so too the learned should act without any attachment, and only for the welfare of the world.
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, as the unenlightened people act with attachment to work, so should the enlightened person act, without attachment, being desirous of the prevention of people from going astray.
As the ignorant men act from attachment to action, O Bharata (Arjuna), so should the wise act without attachment, wishing the welfare of the world!
