Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 31
ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः । श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः
ye me matamidaṃ nityamanutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ | śraddhāvanto'nasūyanto mucyante te'pi karmabhiḥ
Translation
Men who constantly practise this teaching of Mine with faith and without cavilling, they too are liberated from actions.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- ye
- (they) who
- me
- my
- matam
- opinion
- idam
- this
- nityam
- constantly
- anutiṣṭhanti
- follow
- mānavāḥ
- men
- śraddhāvantaḥ
- faith-filled
- anasūyantaḥ
- not cavilling
- mucyante
- are freed
- te
- they
- api
- also
- karmabhiḥ
- by (from) actions
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Men who always follow this teaching of Mine without cavilling — i.e., without cherishing any feeling of envy towards Me, Vāsudeva, the Supreme Master (Parama-Guru) — they too are released from actions, i.e., from dharma and adharma, from the merit and demerit of actions.