Chapter 3 · Verse 20 · Karma Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 3.20
Sanskrit
कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः। लोकसंग्रहमेवापि संपश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि।।3.20।।
Transliteration
karmaṇaiva hi sansiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥ loka-saṅgraham evāpi sampaśhyan kartum arhasi
In plain words
You're waiting for clarity, for perfect conditions, for the fog to lift before you move—and that waiting itself is the prison. Krishna says: perfection doesn't come from thinking your way into readiness; it comes from showing up to the work in front of you right now, with love for something larger than your fear. The doing itself is what transforms you.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals here the secret that perfection flows not from renunciation of work, but from work itself—King Janaka and the ancients reached the highest through action, not escape. When you perform duty with the welfare of all beings as your altar, your hands become instruments of the Divine, and the doer dissolves into the doing.
This teaching invites you today to stop waiting for perfect conditions and begin serving your corner of the world with full presence, knowing that right action performed with love is itself the gateway to freedom.
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Bhagavad Gita 3.20 — BG 3.20
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