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Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18 · Verse 48

Moksha Sannyasa Yoga 18, verse 48

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Bhagavad Gita · Moksha Sannyasa Yoga 18 · Verse 48 Verified original
सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत् सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः

സഹജം കര്‍മ കൌന്തേയ സദോഷമപി ന ത്യജേത് സര്‍വ്വാരംഭാഃ ഹി ദോഷേണ ധൂമേനാഗ്നിരിവാവൃതാഃ

sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ

English Translation

O son of Kunti, one should not give up the duty to which one is born, even though it be faulty. For all undertakings are surrounded with evil, as fire is with smoke.

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Explanation · English

Sahajam Born with oneself born with the birth of man.Sadosham Faculty for everything is constituted of the three Gunas.All undertakings Ones own as well as others duties.If a Vaisya or a Kshatriya does the duties of a Brahmana he will not in any way be benefited. Anothers duty brings in fear. Therefore it is not proper to perform anothers duty. It is not possible for any man who has no knowledge of the Self to relinish action totally therefore he should not abandon action.