Path of Selfless Service

Shloka 3.4

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BHAGAVAD GITA · 3.4

न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते | न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ||३-४||

Transliteration · pronunciation guide

na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo.aśnute . na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati ||3-4||

English translation

3.4 Not by non-performance of actions does man reach actionlessness; nor by mere renunciation does he attain to perfection.

Translation: Swami Sivananda · Sources & context

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