Chapter 3, Verse 9
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः। तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
yajñārthātkarmaṇo'nyatra loko'yaṃ karmabandhanaḥ. tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara..3.9..
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- यज्ञार्थात्
- than for the sake of sacrifice
- कर्मणः
- than action
- अन्यत्र
- other than, elsewhere
- लोकः
- world
- अयम्
- this
- कर्मबन्धनः
- bound by action
- तदर्थम्
- for that purpose (i.e., for the sake of sacrifice)
- कर्म
- action
- कौन्तेय
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- मुक्तसंगः
- free from attachment
- समाचर
- perform well / do thoroughly
Commentary
9. Except in the case of action for Sacrifice’s sake, this world is action-bound. Action for the sake Thereof, do thou, O son of Kunti, perform, free from attachment.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यज्ञार्थात्
कर्मणः
अन्यत्र
लोकः
अयम्
कर्मबन्धनः
तदर्थम्
कर्म
कौन्तेय
मुक्तसंगः
समाचर
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