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“Freedom is not found by escaping action, but by changing your relation to it.”
मनुष्य न तो कर्मोंका आरम्भ किये बिना निष्कर्मताको प्राप्त होता है और न कर्मोंके त्यागमात्रसे सिद्धिको ही प्राप्त होता है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःnot · of actions · from non-beginning · actionlessness · a person · attains) । न (not · and · by renunciation · alone · perfection · reaches
Freedom does not come from simply stopping action, and perfection does not come from merely giving things up. Real growth requires a deeper way of acting.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "कर्म योग" में।
श्लोक 4 भगवद् गीता के 3वें अध्याय में है — कर्म योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 43 श्लोक हैं।
A shop owner, worn down by debts, hands the keys to his cousin and stays home. The worry follows him there. Freedom comes from changing how he works, with the shop still open.
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Avoiding action does not bring freedom, Krishna says, and renouncing alone does not bring the highest state.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Freedom does not come from simply stopping action, and perfection does not come from merely giving things up. Real growth requires a deeper way of acting.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Arjuna asked for one clear answer. Krishna now corrects a false choice: neither doing nothing nor merely dropping responsibilities brings the highest state. The teaching must now move toward disciplined action without inner bondage.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A shop owner, worn down by debts, hands the keys to his cousin and stays home. The worry follows him there. Freedom comes from changing how he works, with the shop still open.
“You can stop running without becoming free. What matters is the inner way you act, not just whether you act at all.”
संबंधित विषय: nishkama (14 श्लोक), renunciation (14 श्लोक), sannyasa (12 श्लोक)