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न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्। जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान् युक्तः समाचरन्।।3.26।।

na buddhi-bhedaṁ janayed ajñānāṁ karma-saṅginām joṣhayet sarva-karmāṇi vidvān yuktaḥ samācharan

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 26
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Let no wise man unsettle the minds of ignorant people who are attached to action; he should engage them in all actions, himself fulfilling them with devotion.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: the wise should not disturb the convictions of those attached to action, but rather work skillfully alongside them, encouraging by example rather than lecture.

In life: correcting other people's motivations head-on usually backfires, modeling a better way tends to land better.

Teaching: resist the urge to argue people out of their current motivations, show a better way through your own consistent behavior instead.

nanot
buddhi-bhedamdiscord in the intellects
janayetshould create
ajñānāmof the ignorant
karma-saṅgināmwho are attached to fruitive actions
joṣhayetshould inspire (them) to perform
sarvaall
karmāṇiprescribed
vidvānthe wise
yuktaḥenlightened
samācharanperforming properly

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
3.26 न not? बुद्धिभेदम् unsettlement in the mind? जनयेत् should produce? अज्ञानाम् of the ignorant? कर्मसङ्गिनाम् of the persons attached to actions? जोषयेत् should engage? सर्वकर्माणि all actions? विद्वान् the wise? युक्तः balanced? समाचरन् performing.Commentary An ignorant may says to himelf? I shall do this action and thery enjoy its fruit. A wise man should not unsettle his belief. On the contrary he himself should set an example by performing his duties diligently but without attachment. The wise man should also persuade the ignorant never to neglect their duties. If need be? he should place before them in vivid colours the happiness they would enjoy here and hereafter by discharging such duties. When their hearts get purified in course of time? the wise man could sow the seeds of Karma Yoga (selfless service without deire) in them.