Chapter 3, Verse 17
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः। आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते।।3.17।।
yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ. ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate.।3.17।।
Word by word
- yaḥ
- who
- tu
- but
- ātma-ratiḥ
- delighting in the Self
- eva
- indeed/only
- syāt
- might be
- ātma-tṛptaḥ
- satisfied in the Self
- ca
- and
- mānavaḥ
- a man
- ātmani
- in the Self
- eva
- alone/only
- ca
- and
- santuṣṭaḥ
- content
- tasya
- for him
- kāryam
- duty/obligatory action
- na
- not
- vidyate
- exists
Commentary
17. That man, verily, who rejoices only in the Self, who is satisfied with the Self, who is con- tent in the Self alone, — for him there is nothing to do.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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yaḥ
tu
ātma-ratiḥ
eva
syāt
ātma-tṛptaḥ
ca
mānavaḥ
ātmani
eva
ca
santuṣṭaḥ
tasya
kāryam
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