Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action

Shloka 4.12

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BHAGAVAD GITA · 4.12

काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः | क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा ||४-१२||

Transliteration · pronunciation guide

kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ . kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā ||4-12||

English translation

4.12 Those who long for success in action in this world sacrifice to the gods; because success is ickly attained by men through action.

Translation: Swami Sivananda · Sources & context

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