BG - 3.25

सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत। कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।

saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvānso yathā kurvanti bhārata kuryād vidvāns tathāsaktaśh chikīrṣhur loka-saṅgraham

• saktāḥ - attached
• karmaṇi - duties
• avidvānsaḥ - the ignorant
• yathā - as much as
• kurvanti - act
• bhārata - scion of Bharat (Arjun)
• kuryāt - should do
• vidvān - the wise
• tathā - thus
• asaktaḥ - unattached
• chikīrṣhuḥ - wishing
• loka-saṅgraham - welfare of the world

Translation

As the ignorant act out of attachment to action, O Bharata, so should the wise act without attachment, wishing for the welfare of the world.

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