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Bhagavad Gita 4.12

Chapter 4: Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga (Knowledge and the Renunciation of Action) · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग

काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः ।क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा ॥

kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ |kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā ||

Meaning of Gita 4.12 in English

People who want quick success in worldly work worship the gods, because in this human world results from ritual action come fast.

गीता 4.12 का हिंदी अर्थ

जो लोग कर्मों का जल्दी फल चाहते हैं, वे देवताओं की पूजा करते हैं, क्योंकि मनुष्य लोक में कर्म से मिलने वाली सफलता जल्दी मिलती है।

desire for successworshipmaterial goals

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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.