Bhagavad Gita · 3.16
॥
Devanāgarī
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः ।
अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
evaṁ pravartitaṁ cakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ |
aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
एवम्evamthus, in this way.
प्रवर्तितम्pravartitamset in motion, established.
चक्रम्cakramthe wheel.
न अनुवर्तयतिna anuvartayatidoes not follow [it], does not keep it turning.
इहihahere, in this life.
यःyaḥwho.
अघायुःagha-āyuḥone whose life (āyuḥ) is full of sin (agha).
इन्द्रियारामःindriya-ārāmaḥone who finds pleasure (ārāma) in [gratifying] the senses (indriya).
मोघम्moghamin vain, uselessly, purposelessly.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
सःsaḥhe.
जीवतिjīvatilives.
Translation
“O Pārtha, one who in this life does not follow the wheel [of sacrifice] thus set in motion — one who finds pleasure only in gratifying his senses — the life of such a sinner is lived in vain.”
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