Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4/Verse 12

Chapter 4/Verse 12

काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः ।
क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा ॥४-१२॥

kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ ।
kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā ॥4-12॥

Here, desiring divine powers, they sacrifice accomplishment of actions. Indeed, quickly, in the human world, success is born from such actions. 


Word-for-word translations

kāṅkṣantas (present participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = desiring 

karmaṇām (neuter, genitive, plural) = of actions

siddhim (feminine, accusative, singular) = accomplishment 

yajanta (present tense, 3rd person, plural) = they sacrifice  

iha (adverb) (indeclinable) = here

devatās (feminine, accusative, plural) = divine powers


kṣipram (adverb) (indeclinable) = quickly

hi (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed

mānuṣe (masculine, locative, singular) = in human 

loke (masculine, locative, singular) = in the world

siddhis (feminine, nominative, singular) = success

bhavati (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = it is 

karmajā (feminine, nominative, singular) = born from such actions