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एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः । अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति॥६-२५-१६॥
One who does not follow here this wheel thus set in motion—living in wrongdoing, delighting in the senses—lives in vain, O Pārtha.
english translation
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः । आत्मन्येव च संतुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते॥६-२५-१७॥
But the person who delights only in the Self, who is satisfied in the Self, and who is content in the Self alone—for that person there is no obligatory task.
english translation
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन । न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः॥६-२५-१८॥
For such a one, no purpose is served here by action done, nor is any purpose served by action left undone; and among all beings there is nothing that depends upon them as a means to an end.
english translation
तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर । असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः॥६-२५-१९॥
Therefore, always perform the action that ought to be done, without attachment; for by acting without attachment, a person attains the highest.
english translation
कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः । लोकसंग्रहमेवापि संपश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि॥६-२५-२०॥
For indeed Janaka and others attained fulfillment through action alone; and even with a view to sustaining the order of the world, you ought to act.
english translation