Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3/Verse 31


ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः ।
श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः ॥३- ३१॥

ye me matamidaṃ nityamanutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ ।

śraddhāvanto'nasūyanto mucyante te'pi karmabhiḥ ॥3- 31॥

Faithful, non-spiteful humans who constantly practice this doctrine of mine, they are liberated, even by actions.

Word-for-word translations

ye (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = who 

me (pronoun, genitive, singular) = of mine

matam (neuter, accusative, singular) = doctrine

idaṃ (adjective) (neuter, accusative, singular) = this 

nityam (adverb) (indeclinable) = constantly

anutiṣṭhanti (present tense, 3rd person, plural) = they practice

mānavās (masculine, nominative, plural) = humans



śraddhāvantas (adjective) (masculine, nominative, plural) = faithful

anasūyantas  (adjective) (masculine, nominative, plural) = not spiteful 

mucyante (present, 3rd person, plural) = they are liberated 

te (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = they

api (adverb) (indeclinable)  = even 

karmabhis (neuter, instrumental, plural) = by actions 

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