Chapter 3, Verse 16
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः। अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति।।3.16।।
evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ. aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati..3.16..
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- एवम्
- thus
- प्रवर्तितम्
- set in motion (established)
- चक्रम्
- the wheel (of cosmic order/sacrifice)
- न अनुवर्तयति
- does not follow / does not keep turning
- इह
- here (in this world)
- यः
- who
- अघ-आयुः
- one whose life is sinful
- इन्द्रिय-आरामः
- delighting (only) in the senses
- मोघम्
- in vain
- पार्थ
- O Partha (Arjuna)
- सः
- he
- जीवति
- lives
Commentary
x6. He who follows not here the wheel thus set in motion, who is of sinful life, indulging in senses, he lives in vain, O son of Pritha.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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एवम्
प्रवर्तितम्
चक्रम्
न अनुवर्तयति
इह
यः
अघ-आयुः
इन्द्रिय-आरामः
मोघम्
पार्थ
सः
जीवति
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