Bhagavad Gita 3.3
Chapter 3, verse 3 · śrībhagavān uvāca
Meaning
Krishna replies: long ago I taught two ways of standing firm in this world. For the reflective there is the path of knowledge; for the active, the path of action.
The Sanskrit
लोकेऽस्मिन् द्विविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयानघ ।
ज्ञानयोगेन साङ्ख्यानां कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् ॥ ३ ॥
loke 'smin dvividhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha
jñānayogena sāṃkhyānāṃ karmayogena yoginām
Say it
lo-kay-smin dvi-vi-dhaa nish-thaa poo-raa prok-taa muh-yaa-nuh-ghuh
gyaa-nuh-yo-gay-nuh saang-khyaa-naam kur-muh-yo-gay-nuh yo-gi-naam
Word by word
- loke asmin
- in this world
- dvividhā niṣṭhā
- a two-fold path, two ways of standing firm
- purā proktā mayā
- was taught by me long ago
- anagha
- O sinless one (Arjuna)
- jñāna-yogena sāṃkhyānām
- the path of knowledge, for those given to reflection
- karma-yogena yoginām
- the path of action, for those given to action
Read it in context: verses 3.1–4Then why push me into this?With the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Stepping back is not the same as being free
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 3.3 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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