Chapter 3 · The Way of Action
Verse 24
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 3, Verse 24
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्। सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः।।3.24।।
Transliteration (IAST)
utsīdeyur ime lokā na kuryāṁ karma ched aham sankarasya cha kartā syām upahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ
Translation
If I do not do the work, these people will be lost; and I will be causing chaos in life and thereby ruining all these people.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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