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BG 3.17

Bhagavad Gītā · Karma YogaAnuṣṭubh (śloka)

यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः | आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ||३-१७||

yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ . ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate ||3-17||

Linguistic facts

Meter · chandasVidyut

Anuṣṭubh (śloka) · 16+16 syllables

scansion (laghu/guru)
yaGstvāGtmaLraLtiLreGvaGsyāGGtmaLtṛGptaGścaLGnaLvaḥG
āGtmaGnyeGvaLcaLsaGntuGṣṭaGstaGsyaLGryaṃGnaLviGdyaLteG
Sandhi · pada-pāṭhaVidyut
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेवस्यादात्मतृप्तश्चमानवस्आत्मन्याइवसन्तुष्टस्तस्यकार्यम्विद्यते
Word-by-word morphologyVidyut
12 words analyzed
  • यस्त्वात्मरतिरेवyastvātmaratirevaunknown
  • स्यादात्मतृप्तश्चsyādātmatṛptaścaunknown
  • मानवस्mānavasमानवnominal · nominative singular masculine
  • आत्ātnominal · Panchami singular masculine
  • मन्याmanyāमन्nominal · nominative singular masculine
  • इवivaइवindeclinable
  • canominal · vocative singular masculine
  • सन्तुष्टस्santuṣṭasसंतुष्nominal · nominative singular masculine
  • तस्यtasyaतद्nominal · genitive singular neuter
  • कार्यम्kāryamकृnominal · accusative singular masculine
  • nanominal · vocative singular neuter
  • विद्यतेvidyateविद्verb · present third singular active (√vid)
Recitationtool-derived · pending

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Translations

Swami SivanandaRelay

3.17 But for that man who rejoices only in the Self, who is satisfied with the Self and who is content in the Self alone, verily there is nothing to do.

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8 more attributed translations
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaRelay

But for one who takes pleasure in the Self, whose human life is one of self-realization, and who is satisfied in the Self only, fully satiated – for him there is no duty.

Dr.S.SankaranarayanRelay

3.17. But the man, who simply rejoices in the Self; and who is satisfied in the Self; and who delights in the Self alone-there exists no action for him to be performed.

Shri Purohit SwamiRelay

3.17 On the other hand, the soul who meditates on the Self is content to serve the Self and rests satisfied within the Self; there remains nothing more for him to accomplish.

Sri Abhinav GuptaRelay

3.17 See Comment under 3.19

Sri RamanujaRelay

3.17 But for him, who is not in need of the means of Jnana Yoga and Karma Yoga, who finds delight in the self on his own, i.e., who is established in the self, who is satisfied by the self alone and not by food, drink and other things which are other than the self, who rejoices in the self alone and not in pleasure gardens, garlands, sandalpaste, vocal and instrumental music etc., and for whom everything, his subsistence, nourishment and enjoyment, is the self alone - for him nothing remains to be performed for the vision of the self, because the essential nature of the self is perpetually in his unaided vision.

Sri ShankaracharyaRelay

3.17 Tu, but; that manavah, man, the sannyasin, the man of Knowledge, steadfast in the knowledge of the Self; yah, who; atmaratih eva syat, rejoices only in the Self-not in the sense objects; and atma-trptah, who is satisfied only with the Self-not with food and drink; and is santustah, contented; eva, only; atmani, in the Self; tasya, for him; na vidyate, there is no; karyam, duty [Duty with a view to securing Liberation.] to perform. [Rati, trpti and santosa, though synonymous, are used to indicate various types of pleasures. Or, rati means attachment to objects; trpti means happiness arising from contact with some particular object; and santosa means happiness in general, arising from the acisition of some coveted object only.] All people surely feel contened by aciring an external thing. But this one, without depending on it, remains contented only with the Self; thta is to say, he remains detached from everything. The idea it that, for a man who is such a knower of the Self, there is no duty to undertake.

Swami AdidevanandaRelay

3.17 But the man whose delight is only in the self, who is satisfied with the self, who rejoices in the self, for him nothing remains to be accomplished.

Swami GambiranandaRelay

3.17 But that man who rejoices only in theSelf and is satisfied with the Self, and is contented only in the Self-for him there is no duty to perform.

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