Chapter 3/Verse 24
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम् ।
संकरस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ॥३- २४॥
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham ।
saṃkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ ॥3- 24॥
If I would not perform action, these worlds would perish. I would be a maker of confusion and would destroy these creatures.
Word-for-word translations
utsīdeyus (optative, 3rd person, plural) = they would perish
ime (masculine, nominative, plural) = they
lokās (masculine, nominative, plural) = the worlds
na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not
kuryām (optative, 1st person, singular) = I would perform
karma (neuter, accusative, singular) = action
ced (conjunction) (indeclinable) = if
aham (pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular) = I
saṃkarasya (masculine, genitive, singular) = of confusion
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
kartā (masculine, nominative, singular) =maker
syām (optative, 1st person, singular) = I would be
upahanyām (optative, 1st person, singular) = I would destroy
imās (feminine, accusative, plural) = these
prajās (feminine, accusative, plural) = creatures
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