Chapter 3, Verse 20
कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः। लोकसंग्रहमेवापि संपश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि।।3.20।।
karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ. lokasaṃgraham evāpi saṃpaśyan kartum arhasi. .3.20. .
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- कर्मणा
- by action
- एव
- alone/indeed
- हि
- for/because
- संसिद्धिम्
- perfection
- आस्थिताः
- attained/were established in
- जनकादयः
- Janaka and others
- लोकसंग्रहम्
- welfare of the world/maintenance of society
- एव
- indeed
- अपि
- also
- संपश्यन्
- seeing/considering
- कर्तुम्
- to act/to do
- अर्हसि
- you ought/are fit
Commentary
20. By action only, indeed, did Janaka and others try to attain perfection. Even with a view to the protection of the masses thou shouldst per- form (action).
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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कर्मणा
एव
हि
संसिद्धिम्
आस्थिताः
जनकादयः
लोकसंग्रहम्
एव
अपि
संपश्यन्
कर्तुम्
अर्हसि
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