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Bhagavad Gita 3.33

Karma Yoga

सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि | प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति ||

sadṛiśhaṁ cheṣhṭate svasyāḥ prakṛiter jñānavān api prakṛitiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣhyati

English

Even a wise man acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the nature he has acquired from the three modes. What can repression accomplish?

हिन्दी

ज्ञानवान् पुरुष भी अपनी प्रकृति के अनुसार ही आचरण करता है। प्राणी प्रकृति के अधीन होकर ही आचरण करते हैं, (बाह्य) दमन (निग्रह) क्या कर सकता है?