Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 33
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 3 श्लोक 33

सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि।
प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति।।3.33।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
3.33. Even a man of knowledge acts in conformity to his own Prakrti,  the elements go [back]  to the Prakrti;  [and]  what will the restraint avail ?


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
3.33 Sadrsam etc.  There is hardly any difference in the wordly  activities like eating etc., of  him who is a man of wisdom.  But he too acts only in conformity to the Sattva, etc., just knowing in this manner :  Because the elements like the Earth etc.  get absorbed into the prakrti;  and the Self is also a non-doer and ever-freed; therefore the erradication of birth etc., are for whose sake ?
 Then how can there be bondage at all [for a man of worldly life] ?  That is as follows, it is said :


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 3.33Sadrisham cheshtate swasyaah prakriter jnaanavaan api;
Prakritim yaanti bhootaani nigrahah kim karishyati.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 3.33sadṛiśham—accordingly; cheṣhṭate—act; svasyāḥ—by their own; prakṛiteḥ—modes of nature; jñāna-vān—the wise; api—even; prakṛitim—nature; yānti—follow; bhūtāni—all living beings; nigrahaḥ—repression; kim—what; kariṣhyati—will do