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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