Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action
Verse 15
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 15
एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः। कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम्।।4.15।।
Transliteration (IAST)
evaṁ jñātvā kṛitaṁ karma pūrvair api mumukṣhubhiḥ kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṁ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṁ kṛitam
Translation
Knowing thus, even ancient seekers of liberation did their work. Therefore, do your work only as the ancients did in olden times.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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