Chapter 3 Overview
Verse 3.25
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत। कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।
saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvānso yathā kurvanti bhārata kuryād vidvāns tathāsaktaśh chikīrṣhur loka-saṅgraham
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 25
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
As the ignorant act out of attachment to action, O Bharata, so should the wise act without attachment, wishing for the welfare of the world.
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: as the ignorant act from attachment, the wise act the same way outwardly but without attachment, aiming instead at the world's welfare.
In life: the visible behavior of a wise and an unaware person doing the same job can look identical from outside, the difference is entirely internal.
Teaching: focus less on changing what you do and more on changing why you're doing it and what you're doing it for.
saktāḥattached
karmaṇiduties
avidvānsaḥthe ignorant
yathāas much as
kurvantiact
bhāratascion of Bharat (Arjun)
kuryātshould do
vidvānthe wise
tathāthus
asaktaḥunattached
chikīrṣhuḥwishing
loka-saṅgrahamwelfare of the world
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
3.25 सक्ताः attached? कर्मणि to action? अविद्वांसः the ignorant? यथा as? कुर्वन्ति act? भारत O Bharata? कुर्यात् should act? विद्वान् the wise? तथा so? असक्तः unattached? चिकीर्षुः wishing? लोकसंग्रहम् the welfare of the world.Commentary The ignorant man works in expectation of fruits. He says? I will do such and such work and will get such and such fruit. But the wise man who knows the Self? serves not for his own end. He should so act that the world? following his example? would attain peace? harmony? purity of heart? divine light and knowledge. A wise man is one who knows the Self. (Cf.II.64III.19XVIII.49).