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Chapter 3 · Verse 1The Yoga of Action

Bhagavad Gita 3.1

BG 3.1 — Chapter 3 (The Yoga of Action), Verse 1, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

अर्जुन उवाच | ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन | तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ||३-१||

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arjuna uvāca . jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana . tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava ||3-1||

Roman: arjuna uvaca . jyayasi cetkarmanaste mata buddhirjanardana . tatkim karmani ghore mam niyojayasi keshava

Arjuna said If Thou thinkest that knowledge is superior to action, O Krishna, why then, O Kesava, dost Thou ask me to engage in this terrible action?