Chapter 3, Verse 9
Chapter 3 · karma-yoga
Shloka
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः | तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्गः समाचर ||३-९||
yajñārthātkarmaṇo.anyatra loko.ayaṃ karmabandhanaḥ . tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara ||3-9||
English Meaning
English Meaning
The world is bound by actions other than those performed for the sake of sacrifice; do thou, therefore, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), perform action for that sake (for sacrifice alone), free from attachment.
Hindi Meaning
यज्ञ के लिये किये हुए कर्म के अतिरिक्त अन्य कर्म में प्रवृत्त हुआ यह पुरुष कर्मों द्वारा बंधता है इसलिए हे कौन्तेय आसक्ति को त्यागकर यज्ञ के निमित्त ही कर्म का सम्यक् आचरण करो।।
Russian Meaning
Мир связан действиями, отличными от тех, которые совершаются ради жертвоприношения; Поэтому ты, о сын Кунти (Арджуна), совершай действия ради этого (только ради жертвоприношения), свободный от привязанностей.
Spanish Meaning
El mundo está obligado por acciones distintas de las realizadas por causa del sacrificio; Por lo tanto, oh hijo de Kunti (Arjuna), realiza acciones por ese motivo (solo por sacrificio), libre de apego.
Commentary
Yajna means sacrifice or religious rite or any unselfish action done with a pure motive. It means also Isvara. The Taittiriya Samhita (of the Veda) says Yajna verily is Vishnu (174). If anyone does actions for the sake of the Lord? he is not bound. His heart is purified by performing actions for the sake of the Lord. Where this spirit of unselfishness does not govern the action? it will bind one to Samsara however good or glorious it may be. (Cf.II.48).