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Chapter 3: Karma Yoga
कर्मयोग
The Yoga of Action
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Chapter 3, Verse 1
अध्याय 3, श्लोक 1
श्लोक (Shlok)
अर्जुन उवाच ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन। तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव।।3.1।।
arjuna uvāca jyāyasī cet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdana tat kiṁ karmaṇi ghore māṁ niyojayasi keśava
Translation
Arjuna said: O Janārdana, O Keśava, why do You want to engage me in this ghastly warfare, if You think that intelligence is better than fruitive work?
Word by Word Meaning
ज्यायसी
superior
चेत्
if
कर्मणः
than action
ते
by Thee
मता
thought
बुद्धिः
knowledge
जनार्दन
O Janardana
तत्
then
किम्
why
कर्मणि
in action
घोरे
terrible
माम्
me
नियोजयसि
Thou engagest
केशव
O Kesava