BG - 3.16

एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः। अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति।।3.16।।

evaṁ pravartitaṁ chakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati

• evam - thus
• pravartitam - set into motion
• chakram - cycle
• na - not
• anuvartayati - follow
• iha - in this life
• yaḥ - who
• agha-āyuḥ - sinful living
• indriya-ārāmaḥ - for the delight of their senses
• mogham - vainly
• pārtha - Arjun, the son of Pritha
• saḥ - they
• jīvati - live

Translation

He who does not follow the wheel thus set in motion, who is of sinful life, rejoicing in the senses, lives in vain, O Arjuna.

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