3.6 कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्। इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते
karm
Word meanings
karma-indriyāṇi—the organs of action;sanyamya—restrain;yaḥ—who;āste—remain;manasā—in the mind;smaran—to remember;indriya-arthān—sense objects;vimūḍha-ātmā—the deluded;mithyā-āchāraḥ—hypocrite;saḥ—they;uchyate—are called
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Controlling their organs of action, whoever sits with their mind pondering over sense objects—that person is a man of deluded soul and is called a man of deluded action.
He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous object, that deluded soul is simply a hypocrite.
He who, controlling the organs of action, lets his mind dwell on the objects of senses, is a deluded person and a hypocrite.
One, who after withdrawing the organs of action, sits mentally recollecting the objects of the senses, that one, of deluded mind, is called a hypocrite.
He who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking of the sense-objects in mind, he, of deluded understanding, is called a hypocrite.
3.8 नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः। शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः
niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hy
Word meanings
niyatam—constantly;kuru—perform;karma—Vedic duties;tvam—you;karma—action;jyāyaḥ—superior;hi—certainly;akarmaṇaḥ—than inaction;śharīra—bodily;yātrā—maintenance;api—even;cha—and;te—your;na prasiddhyet—would not be possible;akarmaṇaḥ—inaction
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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You must perform the action that has been enjoined upon you. For, action is superior to inaction; and even the maintenance of your body cannot be properly accomplished through inaction.
Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive.
You must perform your obligatory action; for action is superior to non-action (Jnana Yoga). For a person following non-action not even the sustentation of the body is possible.
You perform the obligatory duties, for action is superior to inaction. And, through inaction, even the maintenance of your body will not be possible.
Do thou perform thy bounden duty, for action is superior to inaction and even the maintenance of the body would not be possible for thee by inaction.
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कर्मयोग
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga
karmayoga
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3.7 यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन। कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते
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Word meanings
yaḥ—who;tu—but;indriyāṇi—the senses;manasā—by the mind;niyamya—control;ārabhate—begins;arjuna—Arjun;karma-indriyaiḥ—by the working senses;karma-yogam—karm yog;asaktaḥ—without attachment;saḥ—they;viśhiṣhyate—are superior
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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But, controlling the sense-organs with the mind, whoever undertakes the Yoga of action with the action-senses, he, the detached one, is superior, O Arjuna!
But, O Arjuna! All honour to him whose mind controls his senses, for he is thereby beginning to practise Karma-Yoga, the Path of Right Action, keeping himself always unattached.
But he who, subduing his senses by the mind, O Arjuna, begins to practise Karma Yoga through the organs of action and who is free from attachment - he excels.
But, O Arjuna, one who engages in Karma-yoga with the organs of action, controlling the organs with the mind and becoming unattached-that one excels.
But whosoever, controlling the senses by the mind, O Arjuna, engages himself in Karma Yoga with the organs of action, without attachment, he excels!
