Bhagavad Gita · 3.25
॥
Devanāgarī
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत ।
कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसङ्ग्रहम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
saktāḥ karmaṇy avidvāṁso yathā kurvanti bhārata |
kuryād vidvāṁs tathāsaktaś cikīrṣur lokasaṅgraham ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सक्ताःsaktāḥattached [to the fruits].
कर्मणिkarmaṇiin action.
अविद्वांसःavidvāṁsaḥthe ignorant, those who do not know.
यथाyathāas.
कुर्वन्तिkurvantithey act.
भारतbhārataO Bhārata!
कुर्यात्kuryātshould act.
विद्वान्vidvānthe wise, the sage.
तथाtathāin the same way.
असक्तःasaktaḥwithout attachment [to the fruits].
चिकीर्षुःcikīrṣuḥdesiring to do, with the wish.
लोकसङ्ग्रहम्loka-saṅgrahamloka-saṅgraha (the welfare of the world).
Translation
“O Bhārata, as the ignorant act while being attached to the fruits of their work, so should the wise man act, but without attachment, desiring only [to fulfill his duty and thereby bring about] the welfare of the world.”
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