Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac Natures

    Verse 22

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 16, Verse 22

    एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः।आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम्।।16.22।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥ ācharaty ātmanaḥ śhreyas tato yāti parāṁ gatim

    Translation

    One who has been released from these three gates of darkness, O Arjuna, works for the benefit of the self; thus, they reach the supreme state.
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