Chapter 4, Verse 12
काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः। क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा।।4.12।।
kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ. kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā.4.12.
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- काङ्क्षन्तः
- desiring
- कर्मणां
- of actions
- सिद्धिं
- success/fruition
- यजन्ते
- they worship/sacrifice
- इह
- here (in this world)
- देवताः
- the gods/deities
- क्षिप्रं
- quickly
- हि
- indeed
- मानुषे
- in the human
- लोके
- world
- सिद्धिः
- success/attainment
- भवति
- arises/occurs
- कर्मजा
- born of action
Commentary
12. They who long after success in actions sacrifice here to the Gods : for, soon in this world of man accrues success from action.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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काङ्क्षन्तः
कर्मणां
सिद्धिं
यजन्ते
इह
देवताः
क्षिप्रं
हि
मानुषे
लोके
सिद्धिः
भवति
कर्मजा
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