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Bhagavad Gita 3.29

प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु। तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत्।।

prakṛiter guṇa-sammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasu tān akṛitsna-vido mandān kṛitsna-vin na vichālayet

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
prakṛiteḥprakṛiteḥof material nature
guṇaguṇaby the modes of material nature
sammūḍhāḥsammūḍhāḥdeluded
sajjantesajjantebecome attached
guṇa-karmasuguṇa-karmasuto results of actions
tāntānthose
akṛitsna-vidaḥakṛitsna-vidaḥpersons without knowledge
mandānmandānthe ignorant
kṛitsna-vitkṛitsna-vitpersons with knowledge
na vichālayetna vichālayetshould not unsettle

Those deluded by the qualities of Nature are attached to the functions of the qualities. The man of perfect knowledge should not unsettle the foolish one who is of imperfect knowledge.

प्रकृति के गुणों से मोहित हुए पुरुष गुण और कर्म में आसक्त होते हैं, उन अपूर्ण ज्ञान वाले (अकृत्स्नविद:) मंदबुद्धि पुरुषों को पूर्ण ज्ञान प्राप्त पुरुष विचलित न करे।।