Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 45

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 45

    स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः।स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु।।18.45।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    sve sve karmaṇy abhirataḥ sansiddhiṁ labhate naraḥ sva-karma-nirataḥ siddhiṁ yathā vindati tach chhṛiṇu

    Translation

    Devoting oneself to one's duty, one attains perfection. Hear now how one devoted to their own duty attains perfection.
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