Path of Selfless Service

Shloka 3.33

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BHAGAVAD GITA · 3.33

सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि | प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति ||३-३३||

Transliteration · pronunciation guide

sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi . prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati ||3-33||

English translation

3.33 Even a wise man acts in accordance with his own nature; beings will follow Nature; what can restraint do?

Translation: Swami Sivananda · Sources & context

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