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Chapter 16, Verse 24

तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ। ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि।।16.24।।

tasmācchāstraṃ pramāṇaṃ te kāryākāryavyavasthitau. jñātvā śāstravidhānoktaṃ karma kartumihārhasi.16.24.

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तस्मात्
therefore
शास्त्रम्
scripture
प्रमाणम्
the authority/standard
ते
for you
कार्य-अकार्य-व्यवस्थितौ
in determining what is to be done and not to be done
ज्ञात्वा
having known
शास्त्र-विधान-उक्तम्
declared by the injunctions of scripture
कर्म
action
कर्तुम्
to perform
इह
here (in this world)
अर्हसि
you ought

Commentary

24. Therefore, the scripture is thy authority in deciding as to what ought to be done and what ought not to be done. Now, thou oughtest to know and perform thy duty laid down in the scrip* ture-law.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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तस्मात्
शास्त्रम्
प्रमाणम्
ते
कार्य-अकार्य-व्यवस्थितौ
ज्ञात्वा
शास्त्र-विधान-उक्तम्
कर्म
कर्तुम्
इह
अर्हसि

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