Gita Verse 3.24

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 24

Sanskrit Verse

उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्।

सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः।।3.24।।

Transliteration

utsīdeyur ime lokā na kuryāṁ karma ched aham

sankarasya cha kartā syām upahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ

Word meanings

utsīdeyuḥ—would perish; ime—all these; lokāḥ—worlds; na—not; kuryām—I perform; karma—prescribed duties; chet—if; aham—I; sankarasya—of uncultured population; cha—and; kartā—responsible; syām—would be; upahanyām—would destroy; imāḥ—all these; prajāḥ—living entities

Swami Sivananda's translation

These worlds would perish if I did not perform action; I would be the author of confusion of castes and destruction of these beings.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 3