Bhagavadgita 3.8
Bhagavadgītā 3.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.8
niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hy akarmaṇaḥ
śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasidhyed akarmaṇaḥ
Do thou perform obligatory action; for action is superior to inaction, and even the bare maintenance of thy body would not be possible if thou art inactive.
Translations (3)
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- The Song Celestial — Edwin Arnold 1885, English
Commentaries (13)
- Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śāṅkarabhāṣya) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Jñāneśvarī — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- Subodhinī — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Bhagavadāśayānusaraṇabhāṣya — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit
- Gītārthasaṅgraha (of Abhinavagupta) — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit
- Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit
- Tātparyabodhinī — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- Tattvaprakāśikā — Keśava Kāśmīrī, Sanskrit
- Sārārthavarṣiṇī — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit
- Bālabodhinī — G.S. Pathak 1825, Sanskrit
- Arthaprakāśikā — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1715, Sanskrit
- Gūḍhārthacandrikā — Vanamālī Miśra 1660, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Vulgate (700 verses) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit