Bhagavad Gita 3.16एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः।अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति ॥
evaṁ pravartitaṁ chakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ
aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati
Sanskrit recitation
Work as offering · 3.10–3.16 · Teaching
Translation
He who does not follow the wheel thus set in motion, who is of sinful life, rejoicing in the senses, lives in vain, O Arjuna.
Hindi translation
हे पार्थ! जो मनुष्य इस लोकमें इस प्रकार परम्परासे प्रचलित सृष्टिचक्रके अनुसार नहीं चलता, वह इन्द्रियोंके द्वारा भोगोंमें रमण करनेवाला अघायु (पापमय जीवन बितानेवाला) मनुष्य संसारमें व्यर्थ ही जीता है।
Meaning
This is the wheel of action set in motion by the Creator on the basis of the Veda and sacrifice.He who does not follow the wheel by studying the Vedas and performing the sacrifices prescribed therein but who indulges only in sensual pleasures lives in vain. He is wasting his life. He is leading a worthless life indeed.One who does not live in accordance with this law and who is selfish commits sin. He violates the law of the Creator and that is the worst sin.
After Swami Sivananda
Work as offering· 3.10–3.16→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 3.10The Creator, having in the beginning created mankind together with sacrifice, said, "By…
- 3.11With this, nourish the gods, and may the gods nourish you; thus, nourishing each other,…
- 3.12The gods, nourished by the sacrifice, will give you the desired objects. So, he who enjoys…
- 3.13The righteous who eat the remnants of the sacrifice are freed from all sins; but those…
- 3.14From food come forth beings; from rain, food is produced; from sacrifice arises rain, and…
- 3.15Know that action comes from Brahma, and Brahma comes from the Imperishable. Therefore, the…
3.16He who does not follow the wheel thus set in motion, who is of sinful life, rejoicing in…
Word-by-word→
- na
- not
- iha
- in this life
- evam
- thus
- saḥ
- they
- yaḥ
- who
- mogham
- vainly
- chakram
- cycle
- jīvati
- live
- pārtha
- Arjun, the son of Pritha
- pravartitam
- set into motion
- agha-āyuḥ
- sinful living
- anuvartayati
- follow
- indriya-ārāmaḥ
- for the delight of their senses
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