ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि ॥
अतः तेरे लिये कर्तव्यअकर्तव्यकी व्यवस्थामें शास्त्र ही प्रमाण है ऐसा जानकर तू इस लोकमें शास्त्रविधिसे नियत कर्तव्य कर्म करनेयोग्य है ॥
एक घोषणा · स्थिर करने वाला भाव · सहज प्रवेश
“Impulse cannot judge action; a higher standard must.”
अतः तेरे लिये कर्तव्यअकर्तव्यकी व्यवस्थामें शास्त्र ही प्रमाण है ऐसा जानकर तू इस लोकमें शास्त्रविधिसे नियत कर्तव्य कर्म करनेयोग्य है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःtherefore · scripture · authority · for you · in the arrangement of what should be done and what should not be done · having known · spoken in scriptural rule · to do · here
Right and wrong action should be judged by scripture, not impulse. Knowing that guidance, a person should do the duty set before them.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "दैवासुर संपद् विभाग योग" में।
श्लोक 24 भगवद् गीता के 16वें अध्याय में है — दैवासुर संपद् विभाग योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 24 श्लोक हैं।
A new judge, unsure about a hard case, goes back to the law books before ruling. Krishna asks Arjuna to do the same with dharma: know what scripture lays down, then act.
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Scripture is your authority, Krishna tells Arjuna, for deciding what to do and what to avoid.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Right and wrong action should be judged by scripture, not impulse. Knowing that guidance, a person should do the duty set before them.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Arjuna has been overwhelmed by doubt. After exposing the ruin caused by desire and lawless action, Krishna closes the argument by grounding right action in scripture. The point is clear: act, but let higher guidance decide what right action is.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A new judge, unsure about a hard case, goes back to the law books before ruling. Krishna asks Arjuna to do the same with dharma: know what scripture lays down, then act.
“You do not have to invent your own moral compass in the heat of confusion.”
संबंधित विषय: dharma (14 श्लोक)