Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 3 · Verse 5

Karma Yoga 3, verse 5

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Bhagavad Gita · Karma Yoga 3 · Verse 5 Verified original

न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः

ന ഹി കശ്ചിത്ക്ഷണമപി ജാതു തിഷ്ഠത്യകര്‍മകൃത് കാര്യതേ ഹ്യവശഃ കര്‍മ സര്‍വ്വഃ പ്രകൃതിജൈര്‍ഗുണൈഃ

na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ

English Translation

Because, no one ever remains even for a moment without doing work. For all are made to work under compulsion by the gunas born of Nature.

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Explanation · English

The Gunas (alities of Nature) are three? viz.? Sattva? Rajas and Tamas. Sattva is harmony or light or purity Rajas is passion or motion Tamas is inertia or darkness. Sattvic actions help a man to attain to Moksha. Rajasic and Tamasic actions bind a man to Samsara.These alities cannot affect a man who has knowledge of the Self. He has crossed over these alities. He has become a Gunatita (one who has transcended the alities of Nature). The ignorant man who has no knowledge of the Self and who is swayed by Avidya or nescience is driven helplessly to action by the Gunas. (Cf.IV.16?XVIII.11).

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