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Bhagavad Gita 3.24

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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