Sanskrit · Devanagari
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः। मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882men would follow in my path from all sides
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.23।। यदि हि पुनः अहं न वर्तेय जातु कदाचित् कर्मणि अतन्द्रितः अनलसः सन् मम श्रेष्ठस्य सतः वर्त्म मार्गम् अनुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः हे पार्थ सर्वशः सर्वप्रकारैः।।
9ec978494ec1…Rāmānuja
3.23 If I, the Lord of all, whose will is always true, whose sport consists in creation, sustentation and dissolution of universe at My will, even though I am born at My pleasure as a man to help the world - if, I thus incarnating in the family of Vasudeva who is the foremost among virtuous men, did not contine to work unwearied at all times suitable to that family, then, these men with incomplete knowledge would follow My path, thinking that the way adopted by the son of virtuous Vasudeva alone is the real way. And in place of winning the self, they would go to Naraka because of their failure to do what ought to be done and also because of the sin arising from non-performance of duty.
d6b34b7ca8e1…Swami Sivananda
3.23 यदि if? हि surely? अहम् I? न not? वर्तेयम् engage Myself in action? जातु ever? कर्मणि in action? अतन्द्रितः unwearied? मम My? वर्त्म path? अनुवर्तन्ते follow? मनुष्याः men? पार्थ O Partha? सर्वशः in every way.Commentary If I remain inactive? people also will imitate Me and keep iet. They will all become Tamasic and pass into a state of inertia.
b155eca8345b…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.