BG - 4.15

एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः। कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम्।।4.15।।

evaṁ jñātvā kṛitaṁ karma pūrvair api mumukṣhubhiḥ kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṁ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṁ kṛitam

• evam - thus
• jñātvā - knowing
• kṛitam - performed
• karma - actions
• pūrvaiḥ - of ancient times
• api - indeed
• mumukṣhubhiḥ - seekers of liberation
• kuru - should perform
• karma - duty
• eva - certainly
• tasmāt - therefore
• tvam - you
• pūrvaiḥ - of those ancient sages
• pūrva-taram - in ancient times
• kṛitam - performed

Translation

Having known this, the ancient seekers of freedom also performed action; therefore, do thou also perform action, as the ancients did in days of yore.

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