Chapter 3 · The Way of Action
Verse 18
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 3, Verse 18
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन। न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।
Transliteration (IAST)
naiva tasya kṛitenārtho nākṛiteneha kaśhchana na chāsya sarva-bhūteṣhu kaśhchid artha-vyapāśhrayaḥ
Translation
He has no purpose to gain from work done or left undone, nor does he have to rely on any end.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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