Chapter 18, Verse 48
सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत्। सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः।।18.48।।
sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet. sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ৷৷18.48৷৷
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- सहजम्
- innate/born together (with oneself)
- कर्म
- action/duty
- कौन्तेय
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- सदोषम्
- though flawed/with defect
- अपि
- even/although
- न त्यजेत्
- one should not abandon
- सर्वारम्भाः
- all undertakings/actions
- हि
- indeed/because
- दोषेण
- by defect/flaw
- धूमेन
- by smoke
- अग्निः
- fire
- इव
- like/as
- आवृताः
- are covered/enveloped
Commentary
48. The duty born with oneself, O son of Ktmti, though faulty, one ought not to abandon; for, all undertakings are surrounded with evil, as fire with smoke.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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सहजम्
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कौन्तेय
सदोषम्
अपि
न त्यजेत्
सर्वारम्भाः
हि
दोषेण
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इव
आवृताः
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