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Bhagavad Gita 3.33

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

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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sadṛiśhamsadṛiśhamaccordingly
cheṣhṭatecheṣhṭateact
svasyāḥsvasyāḥby their own
prakṛiteḥprakṛiteḥmodes of nature
jñāna-vānjñāna-vānthe wise
apiapieven
prakṛitimprakṛitimnature
yāntiyāntifollow
bhūtānibhūtāniall living beings
nigrahaḥnigrahaḥrepression
kimkimwhat
kariṣhyatikariṣhyatiwill do

Even a wise man acts in accordance with his own nature; beings will follow their nature; what can restraint do?

ज्ञानवान् पुरुष भी अपनी प्रकृति के अनुसार चेष्टा करता है। सभी प्राणी अपनी प्रकृति पर ही जाते हैं, फिर इनमें (किसी का) निग्रह क्या करेगा।।