BG - 3.24

उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्। सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः।।3.24।।

utsīdeyur ime lokā na kuryāṁ karma ched aham sankarasya cha kartā syām upahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ

• utsīdeyuḥ - would perish
• ime - all these
• lokāḥ - worlds
• na - not
• kuryām - I perform
• karma - prescribed duties
• chet - if
• aham - I
• sankarasya - of uncultured population
• cha - and
• kartā - responsible
• syām - would be
• upahanyām - would destroy
• imāḥ - all these
• prajāḥ - living entities

Translation

These worlds would perish if I did not perform action; I would be the author of confusion of castes and destruction of these beings.

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