Sanskrit · Devanagari
न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन। नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana nānavāptamavāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882There is nothing, O son of Pṛthā! for me to do in (all) the three worlds, nothing to acquire which has not been acquired. Still I do engage in action. For should I at any time not engage without sloth in action
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.22।। न मे मम पार्थ न अस्ति न विद्यते कर्तव्यं त्रिषु अपि लोकेषु किञ्चन किञ्चिदपि। कस्मात् न अनवाप्तम् अप्राप्तम् अवाप्तव्यं प्रापणीयम् तथापि वर्ते एव च कर्मणि अहम्।।
1da8c22f49ae…Rāmānuja
3.22 For Me, who is the Lord of all, who has all desires fulfilled, who is omniscient, whose will is always true, and who, at My own will, remains in the three worlds in the forms of gods, men and such other beings, there is nothing whatever to achieve. Therefore though there is for Me nothing 'unacired', i.e., nothing yet to be acired by work, I go on working for the protection of the world.
ea62f13e9863…Swami Sivananda
3.22 न not? मे my? पार्थ O Partha? अस्ति is? कर्तव्यम् to be done (duty)? त्रिषु in the three? लोकेषु worlds? किञ्चन anything? न not? अनवाप्तम् unattained? अवाप्तव्यम् to be attained? वर्ते am? एव also? च and? कर्मणि in action.Commentary I am the Lord of the universe and therefore I have no personal grounds to engage. Myself in action. I have nothing to achieve as I have all divine wealth? as the wealth of the universe is Mine? and yet I engage Myself in action.Why do you not follow My example Why do you not endeavour to prevent the masses from following the wrong path by setting an example yourself If you set an example? people will follow you as you are a leader with noble alities.
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