Chapter 3 - Verse 23

I have nothing to achieve, for, there is nothing unattained.

यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः ।
मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥ २३ ॥

yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ .
mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ .. 23 ..


For, should I not ever engage in action, unwearied, men would in all matters follow My path, O son of Pṛthā.
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My : I being the chief among men.

And what harm is there in that?—The Lord says: