Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 3: The Path of Action (Karma yoga). Text 1

arjuna uvÄcha jyÄyasÄ« chet karmaṇas te matÄ buddhir janÄrdana tat kiá¹ karmaṇi ghore mÄá¹ niyojayasi keÅ›ava [1]

arjunaḥ uvÄcha–Arjuna said: (he) janÄrdana–O JanÄrdan; (he) keÅ›ava–O KeÅ›ava; chet–if; te matÄ–it is Your opinion that; buddhiḥ– wisdom; jyÄyasī–is superior; karmaṇaḥ–to action; tat kim–why, then; niyojayasi mÄm–do You urge me to engage; ghore karmaṇi–in the terrible action of warfare? [1]


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Arjuna said: O JanÄrdan, O KeÅ›ava, if You consider wisdom superior to action, why, then, do you urge me to engage in the violence of warfare?

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