Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 33

Gita 3.33

सदृशम्, चेष्टते, स्वस्याः, प्रकृतेः, ज्ञानवान्, अपि,
प्रकृतिम्, यान्ति, भूतानि, निग्रहः, किम्, करिष्यति।।33।।

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Gita 3.33

Sadrsham’, cheshtte, swasyaH, prkrteH, gyaanvaan’, api,
Prkrtim’, yaanti, bhootaani, nigrhH, kim’, karishyati ||33||

Translation: (Bhootaani) all living beings (prkrtim’) Prakriti i.e. nature (yaanti) attain (gyaanvaan’) knowledgeable persons (api) also (swasyaH)) on the basis of the path of bhakti concluded by them (prkrteH) nature (sadrsham’) according to (cheshtte) endeavours (nigrhH) force/restrain (kim’) what (karishyati) will do? (33)

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 33

All living beings follow their nature. Knowledgeable persons also endeavour according to their nature on the basis of the path of bhakti concluded by them. What will (Hath) restrain accomplish?

Important: All living beings perform religious acts according to their nature. They do not listen when told. Those persons of demoniac character follow baseless i.e. arbitrary practices opposed to my opinion:- evidence in Gita Chapter 16 and 17.

Note: - The purport of Gita Chapter 3 Verse 33, 34, 35 is that all the living beings are under the control of Prakriti (Maya) only. They act according to their nature. Similarly, the knowledgeable persons also act according to their habits, then what will hath (restrain) do.

Gita 3.33 Gist: - Educated people, who are devoid of Tatvgyan (True spiritual knowledge), do not leave their wrong way of worship no matter how much they are requested. Even if evidences from the true scriptures are shown, they do not agree. Some knowledgeable- learned men out of pride with the desire of making money and making more disciples do not follow the truth. The uneducated and educated disciples of those saints devoid of Tatvgyan even after seeing the evidences do not leave those ignorant saints and do not accept the true way of worship; they are fools. Both (knowledgeable and ignorant) are acting according to their temperaments. Therefore, the path of bhakti has taken a wrong direction and it is useless to advice both of them.

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