एक मूल शिक्षा · स्थिर करने वाला भाव · सहज प्रवेश
“Right action is unavoidable; even survival depends on it.”
तू शास्त्रविधिसे नियत किये हुए कर्तव्यकर्म कर क्योंकि कर्म न करनेकी अपेक्षा कर्म करना श्रेष्ठ है तथा कर्म न करनेसे तेरा शरीरनिर्वाह भी सिद्ध नहीं होगा ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःprescribed · do · action, duty · you · action · better · indeed · than inaction · bodily maintenance, livelihood · also, even · and · your · not · would be accomplished · by inaction
Krishna tells Arjuna to do the duty assigned to him. Action is better than sitting idle, and even basic life cannot continue through inaction.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "कर्म योग" में।
श्लोक 8 भगवद् गीता के 3वें अध्याय में है — कर्म योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 43 श्लोक हैं।
You are staring at the unanswered message, the apology, the hard resignation email. Waiting for perfect certainty only deepens the knot; action is what loosens it.
Did you like this verse?
It shifts the mind from avoiding discomfort to fulfilling the task already in front of you.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Krishna tells Arjuna to do the duty assigned to him. Action is better than sitting idle, and even basic life cannot continue through inaction.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna is paralysed with doubt. Krishna answers the paralysis directly: do the duty that is already yours. This verse turns the argument from fear into action.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You are staring at the unanswered message, the apology, the hard resignation email. Waiting for perfect certainty only deepens the knot; action is what loosens it.
“There is relief in moving forward: doing the needed thing is cleaner than freezing in fear.”
संबंधित विषय: kurukshetra (95 श्लोक), duty (13 श्लोक)