Chapter 3 Verse 25 of 43

• saktāḥ karmaṇy avidvāḿso
• yathā kurvanti bhārata
• kuryād vidvāḿs tathāsaktaś
• cikīrṣur loka-sańgraham

Translation

As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, the learned may similarly act, but without attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path.

Synonyms

• saktāḥ

  being attached

• karmaṇi

  in prescribed duties

• avidvāḿsaḥ

  the ignorant

• yathā

  as much as

• kurvanti

  they do

• bhārata

  O descendant of Bharata

• kuryāt

  must do

• vidvān

  the learned

• tathā

  thus

• asaktaḥ

  without attachment

• cikīrṣuḥ

  desiring to lead

• sa

  loka-sań

• raham

  the people in general.

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