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BG 3.24 — 3.24 These worlds would perish if I did not perform action; I should be the author of confusion of castes and destruction of these beings. | Live Gita
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उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम् |
सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ||३-२४||

utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham . saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ ||3-24||


।।3.24।। यदि मैं कर्म न करूँ, तो ये समस्त लोक नष्ट हो जायेंगे; और मैं वर्णसंकर का कर्ता तथा इस प्रजा का हनन करने वाला होऊँगा।।

Word-by-word meanings

3.24 उत्सीदेयुः would perish? इमे these? लोकाः worlds? न not? कुर्याम् would do? कर्म action? चेत् if? अहम् I? सङ्करस्य of confusion of castes? च and? कर्ता author? स्याम् would be? उपहन्याम् would destroy? इमाःthese? प्रजाः beings.Commentary If I did not engage in action? people would also be inactive. They would not do their duties according to the Varnasrama Dharma (code of morals governing their own order and stage of life). Hence confusion of castes would arise. I would have to destroy thes

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।3.24।।ऐसा होनेसे क्या दोष हो जायगा सो कहते हैं यदि मैं कर्म न करूँ तो लोकस्थितिके लिये किये जानेवाले कर्मोंका अभाव हो जानेसे यह सब लोक नष्ट हो जायँगे और मैं वर्णसंकरका कर्ता होऊँगा इसलिये इस प्रजाका नाश भी करूँगा अर्थात् प्रजापर अनुग्रह करनेमें लगा हुआ मैं इनका हनन करनेवाला बूनँगा। यह सब मुझ ईश्वरके अनुरूप नहीं होगा।

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Swami Gambirananda

3.24 These worlds will be ruined if I do not perform action. And I shall become the agent of intermingling (of castes), and shall be destroying these beings.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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