Verse 3.33

bg.3.33

Sanskrit

सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि। प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति।।3.33।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

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

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

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

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।3.33।। सम्पूर्ण प्राणी प्रकृतिको प्राप्त होते हैं। ज्ञानी महापुरुष भी अपनी प्रकृतिके अनुसार चेष्टा करता है। फिर इसमें किसीका हठ क्या करेगा?

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

sadṛiśham—accordingly; cheṣhṭate—act; svasyāḥ—by their own; prakṛiteḥ—modes of nature; jñāna-vān—the wise; api—even; prakṛitim—nature; yānti—follow; bhūtāni—all living beings; nigrahaḥ—repression; kim—what; kariṣhyati—will do

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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