Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 16
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः । अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति
evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ | aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati
Translation
He who follows not here the wheel thus set in motion, who is of sinful life, indulging in senses, he lives in vain, O son of Pṛthā.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- evam
- thus
- pravartitam
- set turning
- cakram
- wheel
- na
- not
- anuvartayati
- follows
- iha
- here
- yaḥ
- who
- aghāyuḥ
- evil, life, whose, he
- indriyārāmaḥ
- in the senses, rejoicing, whose, he
- mogham
- uselessly
- pārtha
- O Pārtha
- saḥ
- he
- jīvati
- lives
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
He who ought to perform action, but who, indulging in sensual pleasures, does not follow the wheel of the world thus set revolving by Īśvara on the basis of the Veda and sacrifices — he lives in vain.