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“Perfection comes through action that serves more than the self.”
राजा जनकजैसे अनेक महापुरुष भी कर्मके द्वारा ही परमसिद्धिको प्राप्त हुए हैं । इसलिये लोकसंग्रहको देखते हुए भी तू निष्कामभावसे कर्म करनेके योग्य है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःthrough action · indeed · for · perfection · having attained · Janaka and others · the holding-together of the world · indeed · also · seeing · to do · you are fit
Great people like Janaka reached perfection by acting, not by withdrawing. You should also act for the good of the world.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "कर्म योग" में।
श्लोक 20 भगवद् गीता के 3वें अध्याय में है — कर्म योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 43 श्लोक हैं।
You are tempted to step back because your decision affects others and you want to stay clean. Krishna says the cleaner move is to act well, because someone else is counting on your example.
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It shifts the mind from personal withdrawal to responsible participation in shared life.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Great people like Janaka reached perfection by acting, not by withdrawing. You should also act for the good of the world.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield at Kurukshetra, Arjuna is still frozen. Krishna points to King Janaka and other great figures as proof that spiritual fulfilment did not come from inaction. The teaching now turns from private hesitation to public responsibility.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You are tempted to step back because your decision affects others and you want to stay clean. Krishna says the cleaner move is to act well, because someone else is counting on your example.
“It can feel steadying to know that full engagement, not escape, is the mature path.”
संबंधित विषय: karma yoga (55 श्लोक), duty (13 श्लोक), nishkama karma (12 श्लोक)