Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 29

प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु । तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत्

prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu | tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet

Translation

Those deluded by the energies of Nature are attached to the functions of the energies. He who knows the All should not unsettle the unwise who know not the All.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

prakṛteḥ

of nature

guṇasammūḍhāḥ

by the qualities, deluded

sajjante

are attached

guṇakarmasu

of the qualities, in the actions

tān

those

akṛtsnavidaḥ

not-all-knowing

mandān

the slow

kṛtsnavit

the all-knowing

na

not

vicālayet

should unsettle

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The foolish believe "we do action for the sake of its result." These men who are attached to action look only to the results of their actions. The man who knows the All — the man who knows the Self — should not of himself unsettle such men, i.e., he should not disturb their conviction.