Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 9
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 3 श्लोक 9

यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।
तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
3.9. The world is fettered by action  which is other than the Yajnartha action;  hence, O son of Kunti, being freed from attachment, you most properly perform Yajnartha action.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
3.9 Yajnarthat etc.   Binding are the actions which are different from the one that is Yajnartha, i.e.,  the one that is to be performed necessarily.  The action, that is  to be performed necessarily, does not yield any fruit, if it is performed with no attachment for the fruit.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 3.9Yajnaarthaat karmano’nyatra loko’yam karmabandhanah;
Tadartham karma kaunteya muktasangah samaachara.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 3.9yajña-arthāt—for the sake of sacrifice; karmaṇaḥ—than action; anyatra—else; lokaḥ—material world; ayam—this; karma-bandhanaḥ—bondage through one’s work; tat—that; artham—for the sake of; karma—action; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; mukta-saṅgaḥ—free from attachment; samāchara—perform properly