कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम् ॥
पूर्वकालके मुमुक्षुओंने भी इस प्रकार जानकर कर्म किये हैं, इसलिये तू भी पूर्वजोंके द्वारा सदासे किये जानेवाले कर्मोंको ही उन्हींकी तरह कर ॥
एक मूल शिक्षा · स्थिर करने वाला भाव · सहज प्रवेश
“Right action is the path even for those seeking freedom.”
पूर्वकालके मुमुक्षुओंने भी इस प्रकार जानकर कर्म किये हैं, इसलिये तू भी पूर्वजोंके द्वारा सदासे किये जानेवाले कर्मोंको ही उन्हींकी तरह कर ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःthus · having known · done · action · by the earlier ones · also · by seekers of freedom · do · action · indeed · therefore · you · by the earlier ones · from ancient times
People seeking freedom acted in this way before you. So you should do the same rightful work that has long been done.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "ज्ञान कर्म संन्यास योग" में।
श्लोक 15 भगवद् गीता के 4वें अध्याय में है — ज्ञान कर्म संन्यास योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 42 श्लोक हैं।
You are standing outside a hospital room, phone in hand, about to tell the truth no one wants. The path is not to escape the hard duty, but to do it cleanly.
Did you like this verse?
It shifts the mind from hesitation to inherited responsibility: act because the work is right, not because it feels easy.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
People seeking freedom acted in this way before you. So you should do the same rightful work that has long been done.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna is frozen before the war. Krishna reminds him that earlier seekers of freedom also understood this and still acted. The teaching pushes Arjuna back into his rightful duty.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You are standing outside a hospital room, phone in hand, about to tell the truth no one wants. The path is not to escape the hard duty, but to do it cleanly.
“You are not inventing the path alone. Steady action has always been the way through.”
संबंधित विषय: karma yoga (55 श्लोक)