Chapter 3 Overview
Verse 3.31
ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः। श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः।।3.31।।
ye me matam idaṁ nityam anutiṣhṭhanti mānavāḥ śhraddhāvanto ’nasūyanto muchyante te ’pi karmabhiḥ
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 31
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Those who constantly practice this teaching of Mine with faith and without caviling, they too are freed from actions.
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: those who follow this teaching with faith, without envy or complaint, are freed from the bondage of action, faith and lack of cynicism are named as part of what makes the teaching work.
In life: approaching guidance with genuine openness gets more out of it than approaching it already looking for reasons to dismiss it.
Teaching: when trying a new practice or piece of advice, give it a real, non-cynical attempt before deciding it doesn't work for you.
yewho
memy
matamteachings
idamthese
nityamconstantly
anutiṣhṭhantiabide by
mānavāḥhuman beings
śhraddhā-vantaḥwith profound faith
anasūyantaḥfree from cavilling
muchyantebecome free
tethose
apialso
karmabhiḥfrom the bondage of karma
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
3.31 ये those who? मे My? मतम् teaching? इदम् this? नित्यम् constantly? अनुतिष्ठन्ति practise? मानवाः men? श्रद्धावन्तः full of faith? अनसूयन्तः not cavilling? मुच्यन्ते are freed? ते they? अपि also? कर्मभिः from actions.Commentary Sraddha is a mental attitude. It means faith. It is faith in ones own Self? in the scriptures and in the teachings of the spiritual preceptor. It is compund of the higher emotion of faith? reverence and humility.