Gita Verse 3.25

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 25

Sanskrit Verse

सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।

कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।

Transliteration

saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvānso yathā kurvanti bhārata

kuryād vidvāns tathāsaktaśh chikīrṣhur loka-saṅgraham

Word meanings

saktāḥ—attached; karmaṇi—duties; avidvānsaḥ—the ignorant; yathā—as much as; kurvanti—act; bhārata—scion of Bharat (Arjun); kuryāt—should do; vidvān—the wise; tathā—thus; asaktaḥ—unattached; chikīrṣhuḥ—wishing; loka-saṅgraham—welfare of the world

Swami Sivananda's translation

As the ignorant act out of attachment to action, O Bharata, so should the wise act without attachment, wishing for the welfare of the world.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 3