Bhagavad Gita · 3.17
॥
Devanāgarī
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः ।
आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yas tv ātmaratir eva syād ātmatṛptaś ca mānavaḥ |
ātmany eva ca santuṣṭas tasya kāryaṁ na vidyate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यः तुyaḥ tubut one who.
आत्मरतिःātma-ratiḥfinds joy (rati) in the self (ātmā).
एवevaonly, alone.
स्यात्syātis, exists.
आत्मतृप्तःātma-tṛptaḥsatisfied (tṛpta) with the self.
चcaand.
मानवःmānavaḥa person.
आत्मनिātmaniin the self.
एवevaonly, alone.
चcaand.
सन्तुष्टःsantuṣṭaḥfully satisfied, at peace.
तस्यtasyafor him.
कार्यम्kāryamof prescribed duties, of duty.
न विद्यतेna vidyatedoes not exist, there is none.
Translation
“But for that person who finds joy only in the self, who is satisfied with the self, and who draws contentment from the self alone — for such a person there is no prescribed duty.”
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