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Bhagavad Gita · 3.31 · Path of Selfless Service·31 of 43

ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः।श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः ॥

ye me matam idaṁ nityam anutiṣhṭhanti mānavāḥ

śhraddhāvanto ’nasūyanto muchyante te ’pi karmabhiḥ

Sanskrit recitation

Your work, not someone else’s · 3.30–3.35 · Teaching

Translation

Those who constantly practice this teaching of Mine with faith and without caviling, they too are freed from actions.

Meaning

Sraddha is a mental attitude. It means faith. It is faith in ones own Self, in the scriptures and in the teachings of the spiritual preceptor. It is compund of the higher emotion of faith, reverence and humility.

After Swami Sivananda

Your work, not someone else’s· 3.30–3.35→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
ye
who
me
my
matam
teachings
idam
these
nityam
constantly
anutiṣhṭhanti
abide by
mānavāḥ
human beings
śhraddhā-vantaḥ
with profound faith
anasūyantaḥ
free from cavilling
muchyante
become free
te
those
api
also
karmabhiḥ
from the bondage of karma

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