Bhagavad Gita
· Karma Yoga 3
· Verse 24
Verified original
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्
सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः
ഉത്സീദേയുരിമേ ലോകാ ന കുര്യാം കര്മ ചേദഹം സങ്കരസ്യ ച കര്താ സ്യാമുപഹന്യാമിമാഃ പ്രജാഃ
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ
English Translation
These worlds will be ruined if I do not perform action. And I shall become the agent of intermingling (of castes), and shall be destroying these beings.
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Explanation · English
If I did not engage in action? people would also be inactive. They would not do their duties according to the Varnasrama Dharma (code of morals governing their own order and stage of life). Hence confusion of castes would arise. I would have to destroy these beings.