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Bhagavad Gita · Karma YogaChapter 3, Shloka 22 (3.22)

Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्

न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन
नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि
॥ 3.22 ॥

na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana
nānavāptamavāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi

Translation

"O Partha! In the three worlds there is nothing at all that I must do, nor anything unattained that remains to be attained — yet I remain engaged in action."

Interpretation

Acting while complete. For Krishna there is nothing left to gain and no duty to perform — yet he acts. This is the highest example of the self-satisfied person of 3.17–3.18.

Shankaracharya: na anavāptam aprāptam avāptavyaṃ prāpaṇīyam — there is nothing unattained that remains to be attained; tathāpi varte eva ca karmaṇi aham — even so I am engaged in action.

Acharya Ramanuja — the nature of Ishvara: sarveśvarasya avāpta-samasta-kāmasya sarvajñasya satya-saṅkalpasya — the Lord of all, all of whose desires are fulfilled, all-knowing, whose will always comes true; triṣu lokeṣu deva-manuṣyādi-rūpeṇa svacchandato vartamānasya — who moves through the three worlds by his own will in the forms of gods, humans and others — has no duty; athāpi loka-rakṣāyai karmaṇi eva varte — even so, for the protection of the world, I remain engaged in action.

AI-assisted draft translation — under review.

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