Chapter 3 · The Way of Action
Verse 33
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 3, Verse 33
सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि। प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति।।3.33।।
Transliteration (IAST)
sadṛiśhaṁ cheṣhṭate svasyāḥ prakṛiter jñānavān api prakṛitiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣhyati
Translation
Even the man of knowledge acts according to his nature; all beings follow their own nature. What will repression accomplish?— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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