Bhagavad Gita 3.24 Meaning: Utsideyurime loka na kuryam

Bhagavad Gita 3.24

उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम् ।सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ॥

Utsideyurime loka na kuryam karma chedahamSankarasya cha karta syamupahanyamimah prajah

utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham |saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ ||

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Our explanation If he did not act, these worlds would fall into ruin, Krishna says; he would be the cause of confusion (saṅkara) and would destroy these beings. Saṅkara means mixing or confusion; both translators render it as the confusion of castes, the word Arjuna used in chapter 1 (1.41–1.42).

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि यदि वे कर्म न करें तो ये लोक नष्ट हो जाएँगे; वे संकर (गड़बड़ी, मिश्रण) के कारण बनेंगे और इन प्राणियों का नाश करेंगे। संकर का अर्थ है मिलावट या गड़बड़ी; दोनों अनुवादक इसे वर्णों की गड़बड़ी के रूप में लेते हैं, वही शब्द जो अर्जुन ने अध्याय 1 (1.41–1.42) में कहा था।

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उत्सीदेयुः utsīdeyuḥ · would fall into ruin (optative, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: ut-sad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 182, col. 1 “to sink, settle down, fall into ruin or decay, be abolished”
इमे ime · these (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2
लोकाः lokāḥ · worlds (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: loka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 906, col. 1 “the wide space or world”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
कुर्याम् kuryām · were to do (optative, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 1 “to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect”
कर्म karma · action (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: karman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 258, col. 2 “act, action, performance, business”
चेत् cet · if (indeclinable) Dictionary: ced, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 401, col. 3 “if”
अहम् aham · "I" (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
सङ्करस्य saṅkarasya · of confusion (saṅkara) (noun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: saṃ-kara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1126, col. 2 “mixing together, commingling, intermixture, confusion”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
कर्ता kartā · the cause, the maker (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: kartṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 257, col. 3 “one who makes or does or acts or effects, a doer, maker, agent, author”
स्याम् syām · would be (optative, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
उपहन्याम् upahanyām · would destroy (optative, 1st person singular) Dictionary: upa-han, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 211, col. 3 “to hit, hurt, damage, visit, afflict, impede, spoil”
इमाः imāḥ · these (pronoun (feminine), accusative plural) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
प्रजाः prajāḥ · beings, people (noun (feminine), accusative plural) Dictionary: prajā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 658, col. 2 “a creature, animal, man, mankind”

Bhagavad Gita 3.24: meaning and translation

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