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Bhagavad Gita 3.23

Chapter 3: Karma Yoga (The Yoga of Action) · कर्मयोग

यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः ।मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥

yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ |mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ ||

Meaning of Gita 3.23 in English

If I ever stopped working tirelessly, Krishna says, people everywhere would follow my example.

गीता 3.23 का हिंदी अर्थ

श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं कि यदि मैं कभी सावधान होकर कर्म न करूँ, तो लोग हर तरह से मेरे ही मार्ग पर चलेंगे।

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.