भगवद्गीता १८.४८
Bhagavadgītā 18.48
sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajetsarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ
Transliteration IAST
sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet | sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ
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Congenital duty, O son of Kunti, though defective, ought not to be abandoned. All undertakings indeed are clouded by defects as fire by smoke.
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- English Congenital duty, O son of Kunti, though defective, ought not to be abandoned. All undertakings indeed are clouded by defects as fire by smoke. Annie Besant
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- Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
- text.deva
- भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- text.iast
- भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0