Chapter 3, Verse 25
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत। कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।
saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṃso yathā kurvanti bhārata। kuryādvidvāṃstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṃgraham।।3.25।।
Word by word
- सक्ताः
- attached (ones)
- कर्मणि
- in action
- अविद्वांसः
- the unwise (ignorant ones)
- यथा
- as, in the manner that
- कुर्वन्ति
- they act/perform
- भारत
- O descendant of Bharata (Arjuna)
- कुर्यात्
- should act/perform
- विद्वान्
- the wise (one)
- तथा
- in that same manner
- असक्तः
- unattached
- चिकीर्षुः
- desiring to do/accomplish
- लोकसंग्रहम्
- the welfare/maintenance of the world
Commentary
25. As ignorant men act attached to work, O Bharata, so should the wise man act, unattached from a wish to protect the masses.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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