Bhagavad Gita 3.31 Meaning: Ye me matamidam

Bhagavad Gita 3.31

ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः ।श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः ॥

Ye me matamidam nityamanutishthanti manavahShraddhavantonasuyanto muchyante tepi karmabhih

ye me matamidaṃ nityamanutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ |śraddhāvanto’nasūyanto mucyante te’pi karmabhiḥ ||

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Our explanation People who always follow this teaching (mata) of his with faith and without finding fault, Krishna says, are also freed from the bonds of action.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो लोग श्रद्धा के साथ और दोष निकाले बिना उनके इस मत (उपदेश) का सदा पालन करते हैं, वे भी कर्मों के बंधन से छूट जाते हैं।

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ये ye · who (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
मे me · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number”
मतम् matam · teaching (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: mata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 1 “a thought, idea, opinion, sentiment, view, belief, doctrine”
इदम् idam · this (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2
नित्यम् nityam · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: nitya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 2 “continual, perpetual, eternal”
अनुतिष्ठन्ति anutiṣṭhanti · follow (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: anu-ṣṭhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 40, col. 1 “to carry out, attend to; to perform, do, practise”
मानवाः mānavāḥ · people (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: mānava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 809, col. 3 “a human being, man”
श्रद्धावन्तः śraddhāvantaḥ · with faith (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: śraddhā-vat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1095, col. 3; śraddhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1095, col. 3 “faith, trust, confidence”
अनसूयन्तः anasūyantaḥ · not finding fault (present participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: an-asūya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 27, col. 2 “not spiteful, not envious”; 1. asūya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 121, col. 3 “to murmur at, be displeased or discontented with”
मुच्यन्ते mucyante · are freed (present passive, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 2. muc, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 820, col. 3 “to be loosed, to be set free or released”
ते te · they (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
अपि api · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “even, also, very”
कर्मभिः karmabhiḥ · from actions (noun (neuter), instrumental plural) Dictionary: karman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 258, col. 2 “act, action, performance, business”

Bhagavad Gita 3.31: meaning and translation

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