🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 3.32

Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga · "The Yoga of Action" · Verse 32 of 43

ये त्वेतदभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम्।

सर्वज्ञानविमूढांस्तान्विद्धि नष्टानचेतसः।।3.32।।
— Bhagavad-Gītā 3.32 · Devanāgarī root text

🪷 English Translations

5 received English translations are available for this śloka. Each voice is labelled; no single rendering is presented as the Sanskrit itself.

Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 edition attribution in the received data
3.32 But they who ridicule My word and do not keep it, are ignorant, devoid of wisdom and blind. They seek but their own destruction.
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
3.32 But those who carp at My teaching and do not practise it, deluded of all knowledge, and devoid of discrimination, know them to be doomed to destruction.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
3.32 Tu, but; ye, those who are the opposite of them (the former); who abhyasuyantah, decrying; etat, this instruction of Mine; na, do not; anutisthanti, follow; me, My; matam, teaching, they are deluded in various ways with respect to all knowledge. Viddhi, know; tan, them; sarva-jnana-vimudhan, who are deluded about off knowledge; acetasah, who are devoid of discrimination; nastan, to have gone to ruin. 'For what reason, again, do they not follow your teachings, perform duties that are not theirs and not follow their own duties? How is it that by remaining opposed to You, they do not fear the evil which will arise from transgressing Your ?ndments? As to that, the Lord says:
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
3.32 But those who do not follow this view of Mine, namely, that the self has Me for Its support, is subservient to Me and is actuated by Me only, i.e., those who do not perform all acts contemplating in this way as also those who have no faith in the meaning of the Sastras and calumniate them - know them to be extremely deluded and devoid of reasoning and knowledge and conseently completely lost. For, the function of the mind is the determination of the real nature of things, and in its absence, those mentioned above are devoid of reason, and therefore apostates in knowledge and extremely deluded in all ways. For one united with the Prakrti (body), the sense of agency results from the preponderance of the Gunas of Prakrti. But this agency really rests with the Supreme Person. Contemplating thus, Karma Yoga alone should be practised by both - those who are competent for Karma Yoga only and those who are competent for Jnana Yoga. The implied superiority of Karma Yoga has the following justifications; it is easy to perform, free from liability to lapse, and independent of anything else; it comprises the knowledge of the self also within its scope. On the other hand Jnana Yoga is difficult to practise, is not free from the liability to lapse, leaves one dependent on actions for the sustenance of the body etc. And for a distinguished perosn, this (i.e., Karma Yoga) is especially what ought to be practised. Next, till the end of this chapter, it is explained how Jnana Yoga, being difficult, is liable to lead to lapses.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
3.32. But those who, finding fault, do not follow this doctrine of Mine-be sure that these men to be highly deluded in all [branches of] knowledge and to be lost and brainless.

🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद

Received Hindi rendering attributed in the source data to Swami Rāmsukhdās ji.

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Hindi rendering · source-data attribution
।।3.32।। परन्तु जो मनुष्य मेरे इस मतमें दोष-दृष्टि करते हुए इसका अनुष्ठान नहीं करते, उन सम्पूर्ण ज्ञानोंमें मोहित और अविवेकी मनुष्योंको नष्ट हुए ही समझो।

🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices

5 received English commentary layers are available for this śloka. Open only the voice you wish to study.

Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
3.32 ये those who? तु but? एतत् this? अभ्यसूयन्तः carping at? न not? अनुतिष्ठन्ति practise? मे My? मतम् teaching? सर्वज्ञानविमूढान् deluded of all knowledge? तान् them? विद्धि know? नष्टान् ruined? अचेतसः devoid of discrimination.Commentary The pigheaded people who are obstinate? who find fault with the teachings of the Lord and who do not practise them are certainly doomed to destruction. They are incorrigible and senseless persons indeed.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
3.32 Tu, but; ye, those who are the opposite of them (the former); who abhyasuyantah, decrying; etat, this instruction of Mine; na, do not; anutisthanti, follow; me, My; matam, teaching, they are deluded in various ways with respect to all knowledge. Viddhi, know; tan, them; sarva-jnana-vimudhan, who are deluded about off knowledge; acetasah, who are devoid of discrimination; nastan, to have gone to ruin. 'For what reason, again, do they not follow your teachings, perform duties that are not theirs and not follow their own duties? How is it that by remaining opposed to You, they do not fear the evil which will arise from transgressing Your ?ndments? As to that, the Lord says:
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
3.32 But those who do not follow this view of Mine, namely, that the self has Me for Its support, is subservient to Me and is actuated by Me only, i.e., those who do not perform all acts contemplating in this way as also those who have no faith in the meaning of the Sastras and calumniate them - know them to be extremely deluded and devoid of reasoning and knowledge and conseently completely lost. For, the function of the mind is the determination of the real nature of things, and in its absence, those mentioned above are devoid of reason, and therefore apostates in knowledge and extremely deluded in all ways. For one united with the Prakrti (body), the sense of agency results from the preponderance of the Gunas of Prakrti. But this agency really rests with the Supreme Person. Contemplating thus, Karma Yoga alone should be practised by both - those who are competent for Karma Yoga only and those who are competent for Jnana Yoga. The implied superiority of Karma Yoga has the following justifications; it is easy to perform, free from liability to lapse, and independent of anything else; it comprises the knowledge of the self also within its scope. On the other hand Jnana Yoga is difficult to practise, is not free from the liability to lapse, leaves one dependent on actions for the sustenance of the body etc. And for a distinguished perosn, this (i.e., Karma Yoga) is especially what ought to be practised. Next, till the end of this chapter, it is explained how Jnana Yoga, being difficult, is liable to lead to lapses.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
3.31-32 Ye Me etc. Ye tvetat etc. Taking shelter in this doctrine whosoever performs any action, it does not bind him. On the other hand those, who have no faith is this knowledge, are lost totally; for, they are constantly socked in the fear of birth, death etc.
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।3.32।। भगवान् के उपदेश में दोष देखकर उसका पालन न करने से मनुष्य और भी अधिक मोहित हुआ अपनी ही हानि कर लेगा।जीवन के मार्ग को भली प्रकार समझ लेने पर ही मनुष्य को कर्ममय जीवन जीने के लिये उत्साहित किया जा सकता है। यदि मनुष्य पहले से किसी सिद्धांत की ही निन्दा में प्रवृत्त हो जाता है तो उस सिद्धांत के अनुरूप जीवन यापन की कोई सम्भावना ही नहीं रह जाती। कर्मयोग जीवन यापन का एक मार्ग है और उसके कल्याणकारी फल को प्राप्त करने के लिये हमें तदनुसार ही जीवन जीना होगा।अहंकार और स्वार्थ को त्यागकर कर्म करना ही आदर्श जीवन है जिसके द्वारा मनुष्य को नित्य और महान् उपलब्धियां प्राप्त हो सकती हैं। ऐसे जीवन का त्याग करने का अर्थ है अविवेक को निमन्त्रण देना और अन्त में स्वयं का नाश कराना।बुद्धि के कारण ही मनुष्य को प्राणि जगत् में सर्वोच्च स्थान प्राप्त है। बुद्धि में स्थित आत्मानात्मविवेक सत्य और मिथ्या का विवेक करने की क्षमता का सदुपयोग ही आत्मविकास का एकमात्र उपाय है। विवेक के नष्ट होने पर वह पशु के समान मन की प्रवृत्तियों के अनुसार व्यवहार करने लगता है तथा मनुष्य जीवन के परम पुरुषार्थ को प्राप्त नहीं कर पाता। यही उसका विनाश है।क्या कारण है कि लोग इस उपदेशानुसार कर्तव्य पालन नहीं करते भगवान् के उपदेश का उल्लंघन करने में उन्हें भय क्यों नहीं लगता इसका उत्तर है

🪷 Hindi Vyākhyā · हिन्दी व्याख्या

Received Hindi vyākhyā attributed in the source data to Swami Rāmsukhdās ji.

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Hindi vyākhyā · source-data attribution
3.32।। व्याख्या--'ये त्वेतदभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम्'-- तीसवें श्लोकमें वर्णित सिद्धान्तके अनुसार चलनेवालोंके लाभका वर्णन इकतीसवें श्लोकमें करनेके बाद इस सिद्धान्तके अनुसार न चलनेवालोंकी पृथक्ता करने-हेतु यहाँ 'तु' पदका प्रयोग हुआ है।जैसे संसारमें सभी स्वार्थी मनुष्य चाहते हैं कि हमें ही सब पदार्थ मिलें, हमें ही लाभ हो, ऐसे ही भगवान् भी चाहते हैं कि समस्त कर्मोंको मेरे ही अर्पण किया जाय, मेरेको ही स्वामी माना जाय-- इस प्रकार मानना 'भगवान्' पर दोषारोपण करना है।कामनाके बिना संसारका कार्य कैसे चलेगा? ममताका सर्वथा त्याग तो हो ही नहीं सकता; राग-द्वेषादि विकारोंसे रहित होना असम्भव है-- इस प्रकार मानना भगवान्के 'मत' पर दोषारोपण करना है।भोग और संग्रहकी इच्छावाले जो मनुष्य शरीरादि पदार्थोंको अपने और अपने लिये मानते हैं और समस्त कर्म अपने लिये ही करते हैं, वे भगवान्के मतके अनुसार नहीं चलते।

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