Chapter 3, Verse 33
सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि। प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति।।3.33।।
sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavānapi. prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati.3.33.
Word by word
- sadṛśam
- in accordance with, conforming to
- ceṣṭate
- acts, behaves
- svasyāḥ
- of his own
- prakṛteḥ
- nature (material disposition)
- jñānavān
- one who possesses knowledge, the wise/learned person
- api
- even, also
- prakṛtim
- nature, material disposition
- yānti
- they follow, go towards
- bhūtāni
- beings, creatures
- nigrahaḥ
- restraint, forceful control
- kim
- what
- kariṣyati
- will it do, will it accomplish
Commentary
33. Even the man of knowledge acts in con- formity with his own nature ; (all) beings follow (their) nature ; what shall coercion avail ?
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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