BG - 3.33

सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि। प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति।।3.33।।

sadṛiśhaṁ cheṣhṭate svasyāḥ prakṛiter jñānavān api prakṛitiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣhyati

• sadṛiśham - accordingly
• cheṣhṭate - act
• svasyāḥ - by their own
• prakṛiteḥ - modes of nature
• jñāna-vān - the wise
• api - even
• prakṛitim - nature
• yānti - follow
• bhūtāni - all living beings
• nigrahaḥ - repression
• kim - what
• kariṣhyati - will do

Translation

Even a wise man acts in accordance with his own nature; beings will follow their nature; what can restraint do?

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