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Chapter 3 · Verse 16 · Karma Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 3.16

urgent Karma & Action Dharma & Duty Moksha & Liberation

Sanskrit

एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः। अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति।।3.16।।

Transliteration

evaṁ pravartitaṁ chakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati

Word by Word

evam thus
pravartitam set into motion
chakram cycle
na not
anuvartayati follow
iha in this life
yaḥ who
agha-āyuḥ sinful living
indriya-ārāmaḥ for the delight of their senses
mogham vainly
pārtha Arjun, the son of Pritha
saḥ they
jīvati live
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals here a cosmic truth: the wheel of dharma turns eternally, and those who refuse to turn with it live in spiritual death. When you reject your duty and chase only sense-pleasures, you become a ghost in your own life — moving through days without purpose, without the sacred rhythm that connects you to existence itself.

The remedy is simple: align your actions with the cosmic order, and watch how life itself becomes your teacher and your liberation.

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Bhagavad Gita 3.16 — BG 3.16

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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