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Bhagavad Gītā 3.23

BG 3.23

यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः। मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः

yadi hyahaṁ na varteyaṁ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ mama vartmānuvartante manuṣhyāḥ pārtha sarvaśhaḥ

Were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be inclined to do the same.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

For, should I not ever engage myself in action, unwearied, people would in every way follow my path, O Arjuna.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

yadi—if; hi—certainly; aham—I; na—not; varteyam—thus engage; jātu—ever; karmaṇi—in the performance of prescribed duties; atandritaḥ—carefully; mama—my; vartma—path; anuvartante—follow; manuṣhyāḥ—all men; pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha; sarvaśhaḥ—in all respects

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 3.23, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/3.23), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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