# Bhagavad Gita 4.12

**Canonical reference:** `gita.4.12`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः।
क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा ॥

## IAST

kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ
kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Desiring the success of actions, men in this world worship the divinities, for in this world of mortals, the success produced by action is soon obtained.

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