Sanskrit · Devanagari
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्। सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882O son of Pṛthā! If I did not perform actions, these worlds would be destroyed, I should be the cause of caste interminglings and I should be ruining these people. As the ignorant act
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.24।। उत्सीदेयुः विनश्येयुः इमे सर्वे लोकाः लोकस्थितिनिमित्तस्य कर्मणः अभावात् न कुर्यां कर्म चेत् अहम्। किञ्च संकरस्य च कर्ता स्याम्। तेन कारणेन उपहन्याम् इमाः प्रजाः। प्रजानामनुग्रहाय प्रवृत्तः उपहतिम् उपहननं कुर्याम् इत्यर्थः। मम ईश्वरस्य अननुरूपमापद्येत।।यदि पुनः अहमिव त्वं कृतार्थबुद्धिः आत्मवित् अन्यो वा तस्यापि आत्मनः कर्तव्याभावेऽपि परानुग्रह एव कर्तव्य इत्याह
de6c95cb29d8…Rāmānuja
3.24 If I do not do the work suitable to My station in life, likewise all the virtuous men also, neglecting their duties by following My example, would be destroyed on account of not performing their duties. That is, they will become lost. Thus I would be bringing about chaos among all virtuous men on account of My failure to conduct Myself as prescribed in the scriptures. Therefore I would be destroying all these people. Even so, if you, Arjuna, a son of Pandu and a brother of Yudhisthira and the foremost of the virtuous, claim to be alified for Jnana Yoga, then the virtuous aspirants, who do not know everything and who follow your way, without knowing their own competency, would give up practising Karma Yoga and will be lost. Therefore work should be done by one who is recognised as learned and worthy.
a13ab5d8f123…Swami Sivananda
3.24 उत्सीदेयुः would perish? इमे these? लोकाः worlds? न not? कुर्याम् would do? कर्म action? चेत् if? अहम् I? सङ्करस्य of confusion of castes? च and? कर्ता author? स्याम् would be? उपहन्याम् would destroy? इमाःthese? प्रजाः beings.Commentary If I did not engage in action? people would also be inactive. They would not do their duties according to the Varnasrama Dharma (code of morals governing their own order and stage of life). Hence confusion of castes would arise. I would have to destroy these beings.
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