Chapter 3, Verse 24
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्। सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः।।3.24।।
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham. saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ৷৷3.24৷৷
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- उत्सीदेयुः
- would perish/fall into ruin
- इमे
- these
- लोकाः
- worlds/people
- न
- not
- कुर्याम्
- I would do/perform
- कर्म
- action/duty
- चेत्
- if
- अहम्
- I
- सङ्करस्य
- of confusion/intermixture (of castes/duties)
- च
- and
- कर्ता
- the doer/cause
- स्याम्
- I would be
- उपहन्याम्
- I would destroy/injure
- इमाः
- these
- प्रजाः
- people/creatures
Commentary
24. These worlds would be ruined if I should not perform action ; I should be the cause of confusion of castes, and should destroy these creatures.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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उत्सीदेयुः
इमे
लोकाः
न
कुर्याम्
कर्म
चेत्
अहम्
सङ्करस्य
च
कर्ता
स्याम्
उपहन्याम्
इमाः
प्रजाः
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