Chapter 3 · Verse 10 · Karma Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 3.10
Sanskrit
सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः। अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्।।3.10।।
Transliteration
saha-yajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛiṣhṭvā purovācha prajāpatiḥ anena prasaviṣhyadhvam eṣha vo ’stviṣhṭa-kāma-dhuk
In plain words
You are wondering if your work matters, if your effort will ever be enough, if you're even supposed to be doing what you're doing. Krishna says: stop waiting for permission or proof. The moment you show up and give your honest effort—to your job, your marriage, your healing, your study—you've already completed the sacred act. The universe is designed to move *through* your work when you stop choking it with doubt and grip.
Word by Word
In the beginning, Brahma—the creative force itself—established humanity within a sacred covenant: that our actions become offerings, our work becomes worship, and through this union of duty and devotion, the universe itself sustains us. The Divine does not command passivity; rather, it invites us into co-creation, where every honest effort ripples outward as blessing.
When you work without grasping at results, offering each deed as yajna to something larger than yourself, you become a channel through which abundance flows naturally to all beings, including yourself.
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Bhagavad Gita 3.10 — BG 3.10
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