Chapter 3, Verse 23
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः। मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ. mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ.।3.23.।
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- यदि
- if
- हि
- indeed/for
- अहम्
- I
- न
- not
- वर्तेयम्
- should engage/act
- जातु
- ever, at any time
- कर्मणि
- in action/duty
- अतन्द्रितः
- tirelessly, without sloth, unwearied
- मम
- my
- वर्त्म
- path/way
- अनुवर्तन्ते
- they follow
- मनुष्याः
- men, human beings
- पार्थ
- O Partha (Arjuna, son of Pritha)
- सर्वशः
- in every way, entirely
Commentary
23. For, should I not ever engage in action, unwearied, men would in all matters follow My path, O son of Pritha.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यदि
हि
अहम्
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कर्मणि
अतन्द्रितः
मम
वर्त्म
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