Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3/Verse 16

एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः ।
अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति ॥३- १६॥

evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ ।

aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati ॥3- 16॥

Thus set in motion, one who does not cause the wheel to turn in this world, that malicious and sense-delighted one lives vainly, O Pārtha. 


Word-for-word translations

evaṃ (adverb) (indeclinable) = thus

pravartitaṃ (past passive participle) (causative, neuter, accusative, singular) = set in motion

cakraṃ (neuter, accusative, singular) = wheel 

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

anuvartayati (causative, 3rd person, singular) = he causes to turn

iha (adverb) (indeclinable) = in this world

yas (masculine, nominative, singular) = one who



aghāyus (masculine, nominative, singular) = malicious 

indriyārāmas (masculine, nominative, singular) = sense-delighted 

mogham (adverb) (indeclinable) = vainly

pārtha (masculine, vocative, singular) = O Pārtha (Son of Prtha) (epithet of Arjuna) 

sa (masculine, nominative, singular) = that one

jīvati (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = he lives