Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 45
Chapter 18
Verse 46 of 78
Verse 47
Verse 18.46
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम्। स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यच्र्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः ॥18.46॥
18.46 yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṃ yena sarvam idaṃ tatam svakarmaṇā tam abhyarcya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

From whom is the origin of beings, by whom all this is pervaded, Worshipping Him with his own action (svakarma), a man finds perfection (siddhi).

Stoller MillerLiterary

By his own action a man finds success, worshipping the source of all creatures' activity, the presence pervading all that is.

ZaehnerJesuit

(46) By dedicating the work that is proper [to his caste] to Him who is the source of the activity of all beings, by whom this whole universe was spun, a man attains perfection-and-success.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

18.46 A human being achieves success by adoring through his own duties Him from whom is the origin of creatures, and by whom is all this pervaded.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

18.46 He from whom arise the activity of all beings and by whom all this is pervaded --- by worshipping Him with his own duty man reaches perfection.

SivanandaVedanta

18.46 He from Whom all the beings have evolved and by Whom all this is pervaded -- worshipping Him with his own duty, man attains perfection.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 45
Chapter 18
Verse 46 of 78
Verse 47