Chapter 3 Verse 17 of 43

• yas tv ātma-ratir eva syād
• ātma-tṛptaś ca mānavaḥ
• ātmany eva ca santuṣṭas
• tasya kāryaḿ na vidyate

Translation

But for one who takes pleasure in the self, whose human life is one of self-realization, and who is satisfied in the self only, fully satiated — for him there is no duty.

Synonyms

• yaḥ

  one who

• tu

  but

• ratiḥ

  taking pleasure in the self

• eva

  certainly

• syāt

  remains

• tṛptaḥ

  self-illuminated

• ca

  and

• mānavaḥ

  a man

• ātmani

  in himself

• eva

  only

• ca

  and

• santuṣṭaḥ

  perfectly satiated

• tasya

  his

• kāryam

  duty

• na

  does not

• vidyate

  exist.

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