Chapter 3 · The Way of Action
Verse 23
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 3, Verse 23
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः। मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
Transliteration (IAST)
yadi hyahaṁ na varteyaṁ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ mama vartmānuvartante manuṣhyāḥ pārtha sarvaśhaḥ
Translation
If I did not continue to work unweariedly, O Arjuna, people would follow my path.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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