ye me matam idam nityam
anutishthanti manavah:। shraddhavanto ’nasuyanto mucyante te ’pi karmabhih:॥ 3.31 |
Those persons who execute their duties according to My injunctions and who follow this teaching faithfully, without envy, become free from the bondage of fruitive actions.
ye tv etad abhyasuyanto
nanutishthanti me matam। sarva-jnana-vimudhams tan viddhi nastan acetasah:॥ 3.32 |
But those who, out of envy, disregard these teachings and do not follow them are to be considered bereft of all knowledge, befooled, and ruined in their endeavors for perfection.
sadrsam cestate svasyah
prakriter jnanavan api। prakritim yanti bhutani nigrahah kim karishyati॥ 3.33 |
Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the nature he has acquired from the three modes. What can repression accomplish?
indriyasyendriyasyarthe
raga-dvesau vyavasthitau। tayor na vasam agacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau॥ 3.34 |
There are principles to regulate attachment and aversion pertaining to the senses and their objects. One should not come under the control of such attachment and aversion, because they are stumbling blocks on the path of self-realization.
sreyan sva-dharmo vigunah
para-dharmat sv-anusthitat। sva-dharme nidhanam sreyah para-dharmo bhayavahah:॥ 3.35 |
It is far better to discharge one’s prescribed duties, even though faultily, than another’s duties perfectly. Destruction in the course of performing one’s own duty is better than engaging in another’s duties, for to follow another’s path is dangerous.
Arjuna Uvacha। |
atha kena prayukto ’yam
papam charati purushah:। anicchann api varsneya balad iva niyojitah:॥ 3.36 |
Arjuna said: O Sri Krishna, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force?