Sanskrit · Devanagari
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः। अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति ॥
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evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882He who in this world does not turn round the wheel revolving thus is of sinful life indulging his senses
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.16।। एवम् इत्थम् ईश्वरेण वेदयज्ञपूर्वक जगच्चक्रं प्रवर्तितं न अनुवर्तयति इह लोके यः कर्मणि अधिकृतः सन् अघायुः अघं पापम् आयुः जीवनं यस्य सः अघायुः पापजीवनः इति यावत्। इन्द्रियारामः इन्द्रियैः आरामः आरमणम् आक्रीडा विषयेषु यस्य सः इन्द्रियारामः मोघं वृथा हे पार्थ स जीवति।।तस्मात् अज्ञेन अधिकृतेन कर्तव्यमेव कर्मेति प्रकरणार्थः। प्राक् आत्मज्ञाननिष्ठायोग्यताप्राप्तेः तादर्थ्येन कर्मयोगानुष्ठानम् अधिकृतेन अनात्मज्ञेन कर्तव्यमेवेत्येतत् न कर्मणामनारम्भात् इत्यत आरभ्य शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिध्येदकर्मणः इत्येवमन्तेन प्रतिपाद्य यज्ञार्थात् कर्मणोऽन्यत्र इत्यादिना मोघं पार्थ स जीवति इत्येवमन्तेनापि ग्रन्थेन प्रासङ्गिकम् अधिकृतस्य अनात्मविदः कर्मानुष्ठाने बहु कारणमुक्तम्। तदकरणे च दोषसंकीर्तनं कृतम्।।एवं स्थिते किमेवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं सर्वेणानुवर्तनीयम् आहोस्वित् पूर्वोक्तकर्मयोगानुष्ठानोपायप्राप्याम् अनात्मविदः ज्ञानयोगेनैव निष्ठाम् आत्मविद्भिः सांख्यैः अनुष्ठेयामप्राप्तेनैव इत्येवमर्थम् अर्जुनस्य प्रश्नमाशङ्क्य स्वयमेव वा शास्त्रार्थस्य विवेकप्रतिपत्त्यर्थम् एतं वै तमात्मानं विदित्वा निवृत्तमिथ्याज्ञानाः सन्तः ब्राह्मणाः मिथ्याज्ञानवद्भिः अवश्यं कर्तव्येभ्यः पुत्रैषणादिभ्यो व्युत्थायाथ भिक्षाचर्यं शरीरस्थितिमात्रप्रयुक्तं चरन्ति न तेषामात्मज्ञाननिष्ठाव्यतिरेकेण अन्यत् कार्यमस्ति इत्येवं श्रुत्यर्थमिह गीताशास्त्रे प्रतिपिपादयिषितमाविष्कुर्वन् आह भगवान्
43165df8649b…Rāmānuja
3.16 Thus this wheel is set in motion by the Supreme Person: From food arise embodied selves which are denoted by the word 'beings': from rain food; from sacrifice rain; sacrifice from activities which constitute the exercise of an agent; and activity from the embodied self; and again the body endowed with life from food. In this manner there is a seence which revolves like a wheel through the mutual relations of cause and effect. Hence, He who is engaged in spiritual practice - whether one is alified for Karma Yoga or Jnana Yoga - if he does not follow, i.e., does not keep in motion the wheel which revolves in a circle through mutual relation of cause and effect - that person by not maintaining his bodily subsistence by means of the 'remainder of sacrifice,' lives in sin. His life begins in sin or develops in sin, or is of both these kinds; he lives the life of sin. Thus he is a reveller in his senses and not in his self. The senses become the pleasure-gardens of one whose mind and body are not nourished by the 'remainders of sacrifices.' Rajas and Tamas preponderate in his body. Being thus turned away from the vision of the self, he rejoices only in the enjoyment of the senses. Therefore, even if he were to attempt for the vision of the self, it will be fruitless. So he lives in vain, O Arjuna. Sri Krsna now says that there is no need for the performance of the 'great sacrifices' etc., according to his station and stage of life, only in respect of a liberated person whose vision of the self does not depend on any external means.
e81edd935086…Swami Sivananda
3.16 एवम् thus? प्रवर्तितम् set revolving? चक्रम् wheel? न not? अनुवर्तयति follows? इह here? यः who? अघायुः living in sin? इन्द्रियारामः rejoicing in the senses? मोघम् in vain? पार्थ O Partha? सः he? जीवति lives.Commentary 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.
fe31d3c11780…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.