Chapter 3 Overview
Verse 3.20
कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः। लोकसंग्रहमेवापि संपश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि।।3.20।।
karmaṇaiva hi sansiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥ loka-saṅgraham evāpi sampaśhyan kartum arhasi
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 20
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Janaka and others attained perfection indeed through action alone; even with the intention of protecting the masses, you should perform action.
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: even kings like Janaka attained perfection through action alone, action isn't just for the unenlightened, it's a legitimate path even for the wise.
In life: you don't need to abandon your responsibilities to grow spiritually or personally, you can do both inside the very work you already have.
Teaching: stop believing you need to leave your current life to grow. Look for how your current duties can become the practice itself.
karmaṇāby the performance of prescribed duties
evaonly
hicertainly
sansiddhimperfection
āsthitāḥattained
janaka-ādayaḥKing Janak and other kings
loka-saṅgrahamfor the welfare of the masses
eva apionly
sampaśhyanconsidering
kartumto perform
arhasiyou should
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
3.20 कर्मणा by action? एव only? हि verily? संसिद्धिम् perfection? आस्थिताः attained? जनकादयः Janaka and others? लोकसंग्रहम् protection of the masses? एवापि only? संपश्यन् having in view? कर्तुम् to perform? अर्हसि thou shouldst.Commentary Samsiddhi is Moksha (perfection or liberation). Janaka? (Asvapati) and others had perfect knowledge of the Self? and yet they performed actions in order to set an example to the masses. They worked for the guidance of men.