na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiṃ-cana
nānavāptam avāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi
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he pārtha (O son of Pṛthā!),
me (for me) kartavyam (to be done) na asti (there is not),
triṣu (in three) lokeṣu (in the worlds) [
mama]
(my) anavāptam (unobtained) [
va]
avāptavyam (or to be obtained) kiṁ-cana (anything) na [
asti]
(there is not).
[
tathā api aham]
ca (and therefore I) karmaṇi eva (in work only) varte (I engage).
| na |
– |
av. – not; |
| me |
– |
asmat sn. 6n.1 – my (shortened form of: mama); |
| pārtha |
– |
pārtha 8n.1 m. – O son of Pṛthā (from: √pṛth – to extend, pṛthā – Kuntī, mother of the sons of Pāṇḍu); |
| asti |
– |
√as (to be) Praes. P 1v.1 – it is; |
| kartavyam |
– |
kartavya (√kṛ – to do) PF 1n.1 n. – to be done, work, duty; |
| triṣu |
– |
tri 7n.3 m. – in three; |
| lokeṣu |
– |
loka 7n.3 m. – in the worlds; |
| kiṁ-cana |
– |
kim-cana sn. 1n.1 m. – anything (from: kim – what?; -cana – indefinitive particle); |
| na |
– |
av. – not; |
| anavāptam |
– |
an-avāpta (ava-√āp – to obtain, to reach) PP 1n.1 n. – unobtained; |
| avāptavyam |
– |
avāptavya (ava-√āp – to obtain, to reach) PF 1n.1 n. – to be obtained; |
| varte |
– |
√vṛt (to move, to happen, to act) Praes. P 3v.1 – I engage; |
| eva |
– |
av. – certainly, just, merely; |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| karmaṇi |
– |
karman 7n.1 n. – in activity (from: √kṛ – to do); |
nānavāptam avāptavyaṁ → nānuvāptam avāptavyaṁ / nānāvāptam avāptavyaṁ / nānavāptam avāptaṁ vā (not obtained and to be obtained / various not obtained and to be obtained / not unobtained or obtained);
varta eva → pravarte ‘tha / kartur eva / vartāmy eva (moreover I act / indeed the doer / I just act);
The key:
an excerpt from the commented verse
quotes from the scriptures
starting polemic
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If you have a doubt even as regards the necessity there is for the protection of the masses, why do you not observe Me?
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yady atra te loka-saṃgraha-kartavyatāyāṃ vipratipattis tarhi māṃ kiṃ na paśyasi? |
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I have nothing whatsoever to achieve in the three worlds, O son of Pritha,
nor is there anything unattained that should be attained; yet I engage in action.
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na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiṃcana |
nānavāptam avāptavyaṃ vartaiva ca karmaṇi ||3.22|| |
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I have nothing to achieve, for, there is nothing unattained.
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na me mama pārtha nāsti na vidyate kartavyaṃ triṣv api lokeṣu kiṃcana kiṃcid api | kasmāt? nānavāptam aprāptam avāptavyaṃ prāpaṇīyam | tathāpi vartaiva ca karmaṇy aham ||3.22|| |
na me sarveśvarasyāptakāmasya sarvajñasya satyasaṅkalpasya triṣu lokeṣu devamanuṣyādirūpeṇa svacchandato vartamānasya kiṃcid api kartavyam asti, yato ‚navāptaṃ karmaṇāvāptavyaṃ na kiṃcid apy asti/ athāpi lokarakṣāyai karmaṇy eva varte
atra cāhameva dṛṣṭānta ity āha na ma iti tribhiḥ | he pārtha ! me kartavyaṃ nāsti | yatas triṣv api lokeṣu anavāptam aprāptaṃ sadāvaptavyaṃ prāpyaṃ nāsti | tathāpi karmaṇy ahaṃ varta eva karma karomy evety arthaḥ
atra cāham eva dṛṣṭānta ity āha na ma iti tribhiḥ | he pārtha na me mama triṣv api lokeṣu kim api kartavyaṃ nāsti | yato ‚navāptaṃ phalaṃ kiṃcin mamāvāptavyaṃ nāsti | tathāpi varta eva karmaṇy ahaṃ karma karomy evety arthaḥ | pārtheti sambodhayan viśuddha-kṣatriya-vaṃśodbhavas tvaṃ śūrāpatyāpatyatvena cātyantaṃ mat-samo ‚ham iva vartitum arhasīti darśayati
atrāham eva dṛṣṭānta ity āha tribhiḥ
śreṣṭhaḥ karma-phala-nirapekṣo ‚pi loka-saṅgrahāya śāstroditāni karmāṇy ācared ity arthe svaṃ dṛṣṭāntam āha na me pārtheti tribhiḥ | sarveśasya satya-saṅkalpasya satya-kāmasya me kartavyaṃ nāsti | phalārthinā khalu karmānuṣṭheyam | na ca nikhila-phalāśrayasya svayaṃ parama-phalātmano me karmāpekṣyam ity arthaḥ | etad darśayati triṣv iti | yataḥ sarveṣu lokeṣu karmaṇā yat phalam avāptavyaṃ tad-anavāptam alabdhaṃ mama nāsti sarvaṃ tan madīyam evety arthaḥ | tathāpi śāstroktaṃ karmāhaṃ karomy evety āha varta iti
