Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3/Verse 26

Chapter 3/Verse 26

न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम् ।
जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन् ॥३- २६॥

na buddhibhedaṃ janayedajñānāṃ karmasaṅginām ।
joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran ॥3- 26॥

One should not cause the creation of the fragmentation of wisdom of the ignorant attached to action. The wise one practicing union should cause [them] to enjoy all actions. 


Word-for-word translations

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

buddhibhedaṃ (buddhi + bhedaṃ) (compound) (masculine, accusative, singular) = the fragmentation of wisdom

janayet (optative, causative, 3rd person, singular) = one should cause to create 

ajñānāṃ (masculine, genitive, plural) = of the ignorant 

karmasaṅginām (karma + saṅginām) (compound) (masculine, genitive, plural) = of those attached to action 

joṣayet (optative, causative, 3rd person, singular) = one should cause to enjoy

sarvakarmāṇi (sarva + karmāṇi) (compound) (neuter, accusative, plural) = all actions

vidvān (masculine, nominative, singular) = the wise one 

yuktas (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = union  

samācaran (present participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = practicing