हे पार्थ अगर मैं किसी समय सावधान होकर कर्तव्यकर्म न करूँ तो बड़ी हानि हो जाय क्योंकि मनुष्य सब प्रकारसे मेरे ही मार्गका अनुसरण करते हैं । यदि मैं कर्म न करूँ, तो ये सब मनुष्य नष्टभ्रष्ट हो जायँ और मैं वर्णसंकरताको करनेवाला होऊँ तथा इस समस्त प्रजाको नष्ट करनेवाला बनूँ ॥
— Krishna
❋
भगवद् गीता · 3.23
English
For if I ever stopped acting with care, people would follow my path in every way, Arjuna.
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
यदिifहिindeedअहंIनnotवर्तेयंwere to actजातुeverकर्मणिin actionअतन्द्रितःwithout negligenceममmyवर्त्मन्pathअनुवर्तन्तेfollowमनुष्याःpeopleपार्थArjunaसर्वशःin every way
शब्दशःif · indeed · I · not · were to act · ever · in action · without negligence · my · path · follow · people · Arjuna · in every way
श्लोक को समझें
✦
It shifts attention from private freedom to public responsibility: your conduct becomes a model others unconsciously follow.
Krishna says that if he stopped doing his duty carefully, people would copy that neglect and society would suffer.
02
युद्धभूमि पर
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the Kurukshetra field, Krishna is explaining to Arjuna why even the highest being keeps acting. If he became careless and stopped fulfilling duty, ordinary people would imitate that failure, and the social order would collapse.
03
आपके जीवन में
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A parent says, “Do your homework,” while scrolling on a phone all evening. The child learns the real lesson from the behavior, not the lecture.
सार
“Your example teaches more loudly than your advice.”
It shifts attention from private freedom to public responsibility: your conduct becomes a model others unconsciously follow.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Krishna says that if he stopped doing his duty carefully, people would copy that neglect and society would suffer.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the Kurukshetra field, Krishna is explaining to Arjuna why even the highest being keeps acting. If he became careless and stopped fulfilling duty, ordinary people would imitate that failure, and the social order would collapse.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A parent says, “Do your homework,” while scrolling on a phone all evening. The child learns the real lesson from the behavior, not the lecture.
“Your example teaches more loudly than your advice.”
संबंधित विषय: karma yoga (55 श्लोक), duty (13 श्लोक)