Gita Verse 3.29

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 29

Sanskrit Verse

प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु।

तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत्।।3.29।।

Transliteration

prakṛiter guṇa-sammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasu

tān akṛitsna-vido mandān kṛitsna-vin na vichālayet

Word meanings

prakṛiteḥ—of material nature; guṇa—by the modes of material nature; sammūḍhāḥ—deluded; sajjante—become attached; guṇa-karmasu—to results of actions; tān—those; akṛitsna-vidaḥ—persons without knowledge; mandān—the ignorant; kṛitsna-vit—persons with knowledge; na vichālayet—should not unsettle

Swami Sivananda's translation

Those deluded by the qualities of Nature are attached to the functions of the qualities. The man of perfect knowledge should not unsettle the foolish one who is of imperfect knowledge.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 3