Bhagavad Gita · 3.29
॥
Devanāgarī
प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु ।
तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
prakṛter guṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu |
tān akṛtsnavido mandān kṛtsnavin na vicālayet ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
प्रकृतेः गुणसम्मूढाःprakṛteḥ guṇa-sammūḍhāḥthose who are wholly deluded (sammūḍhāḥ) by the guṇas of material nature (prakṛteḥ).
सज्जन्तेsajjantethey become attached, they cling.
गुणकर्मसुguṇa-karmasuto action in the guṇas [that is, to action for its fruits].
तान्tānthem.
अकृत्स्नविदःakṛtsna-vidaḥthose who do not possess complete (a-kṛtsna) knowledge (vidaḥ).
मन्दान्mandānthe dull-witted, the foolish, the lazy.
कृत्स्नवित्kṛtsna-vitone who possesses complete knowledge.
न विचालयेत्na vicālayetshould not disturb, should not unsettle.
Translation
“Those who are deluded by the guṇas of material nature become attached to action in the guṇas [for its fruits]. But one who possesses complete knowledge should not disturb these dull-witted people whose knowledge is imperfect.”
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