Shloka: BG 3.1
Arjuna said: If Thou thinkest that knowledge is superior to action, O Krishna, why then, O Kesava, doest Thou ask me to ...
Shloka: BG 3.2
With this seemingly perplexing speech, you seem to be confusing my understanding; therefore, tell me one certain way by ...
Shloka: BG 3.3
The Blessed Lord said, "In this world, there is a twofold path, as I said before, O sinless one: the path of knowledge o...
Shloka: BG 3.4
Man does not reach actionlessness by not performing actions; nor does he attain perfection by mere renunciation.
Shloka: BG 3.5
Verily, no one can remain for even a moment without performing action; for everyone is made to act helplessly, indeed, b...
Shloka: BG 3.6
He who, restraining the organs of action, sits thinking of the sense-objects in his mind, he of deluded understanding is...
Shloka: BG 3.7
But whoever, controlling the senses by the mind, O Arjuna, engages himself in Karma Yoga with the organs of action, with...
Shloka: BG 3.8
Perform your bounden duty, for action is superior to inaction, and even the maintenance of the body would not be possibl...
Shloka: BG 3.9
The world is bound by actions other than those performed for the sake of sacrifice; do thou, therefore, O son of Kunti (...
Shloka: BG 3.10
The Creator, having in the beginning created mankind together with sacrifice, said, "By this shall you propagate; let th...
Shloka: BG 3.11
With this, nourish the gods, and may the gods nourish you; thus, nourishing each other, you shall attain the highest goo...
Shloka: BG 3.12
The gods, nourished by the sacrifice, will give you the desired objects. So, he who enjoys the objects given by the gods...
Shloka: BG 3.13
The righteous who eat the remnants of the sacrifice are freed from all sins; but those sinful ones who cook food solely ...
Shloka: BG 3.14
From food come forth beings; from rain, food is produced; from sacrifice arises rain, and sacrifice is born of action.
Shloka: BG 3.15
Know that action comes from Brahma, and Brahma comes from the Imperishable. Therefore, the all-pervasive Brahma ever res...
Shloka: BG 3.16
He who does not follow the wheel thus set in motion, who is of sinful life, rejoicing in the senses, lives in vain, O Ar...
Shloka: BG 3.17
But for that man who rejoices only in the Self, who is satisfied with the Self and is content in the Self alone, indeed ...
Shloka: BG 3.18
For him, there is no interest whatsoever in what is done or not done; nor does he depend on any being for any purpose.
Shloka: BG 3.19
Therefore, without attachment, always perform the actions that should be done; for by performing actions without attachm...
Shloka: BG 3.20
Janaka and others attained perfection indeed through action alone; even with the intention of protecting the masses, you...
Shloka: BG 3.21
Whatever a great man does, others also do; whatever he establishes as the standard, the world follows.
Shloka: BG 3.22
There is nothing in the three worlds, O Arjuna, that needs to be done by Me, nor is there anything unattained that needs...
Shloka: BG 3.23
For, should I not ever engage myself in action, unwearied, people would in every way follow my path, O Arjuna.
Shloka: BG 3.24
These worlds would perish if I did not perform action; I would be the author of confusion of castes and destruction of t...
Shloka: BG 3.25
As the ignorant act out of attachment to action, O Bharata, so should the wise act without attachment, wishing for the w...
Shloka: BG 3.26
Let no wise man unsettle the minds of ignorant people who are attached to action; he should engage them in all actions, ...
Shloka: BG 3.27
All actions are wrought in all cases by the qualities of Nature alone. He whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks, "I am ...
Shloka: BG 3.28
But he who knows the Truth, O mighty-armed Arjuna, about the divisions of the qualities and their functions, knowing tha...
Shloka: BG 3.29
Those deluded by the qualities of Nature are attached to the functions of the qualities. The man of perfect knowledge sh...
Shloka: BG 3.30
Renouncing all actions in Me, with the mind centered on the Self, free from hope and egoism, and from mental fever, figh...
Shloka: BG 3.31
Those who constantly practice this teaching of Mine with faith and without caviling, they too are freed from actions.
Shloka: BG 3.32
But those who criticize My teaching and do not practice it, deprived of all knowledge and lacking discernment, know them...
Shloka: BG 3.33
Even a wise man acts in accordance with his own nature; beings will follow their nature; what can restraint do?
Shloka: BG 3.34
Attachment and aversion for the objects of the senses abide in the senses; let no one come under their sway; for, they a...
Shloka: BG 3.35
Better is one's own duty, though devoid of merit, than the duty of another well discharged. Better is death in one's own...
Shloka: BG 3.36
Arjuna said, "But what compels man to commit sin, even against his wishes, O Varshneya (Krishna), as if constrained by f...
Shloka: BG 3.37
The Blessed Lord said, "It is desire and it is anger, both of the quality of Rajas, all-devouring and all-sinful; know t...
Shloka: BG 3.38
As fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, and as an embryo is surrounded by the amniotic sac, so is...
Shloka: BG 3.39
O Arjuna, wisdom is enveloped by this constant enemy of the wise, in the form of desire, which is insatiable like fire.
Shloka: BG 3.40
The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these, it deludes the embodied one, veiling the...
Shloka: BG 3.41
Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, control your senses first and then kill this sinful thing, which destroys knowledge a...
Shloka: BG 3.42
They say that the senses are superior to the body; the mind is superior to the senses; the intellect is superior to the ...
Shloka: BG 3.43