Bhagavad Gita 3.5
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga (The Yoga of Action) · कर्मयोग
न हि कश्िचत्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् ।कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः ॥
na hi kaśिcatkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt |kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ ||
Meaning of Gita 3.5 in English
No one can stay without acting even for a moment. Everyone is driven to act by the qualities of their own nature, whether they want to or not.
गीता 3.5 का हिंदी अर्थ
कोई भी एक क्षण भी बिना कर्म किए नहीं रह सकता। प्रकृति के गुण हर किसी से, चाहे-अनचाहे, कर्म करवाते ही हैं।
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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.