Bhagavad Gita · Verse 3.17

Chapter 3: Karma Yoga (कर्मयोगः)

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श्रीभगवानुवाच

(The Supreme Lord said)

यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः । आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ॥१७॥

yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ | ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate ||17||

Complete Shloka Translation

But one who delights in the self, is fulfilled by the self, and is content in the self alone has no obligatory task.

Narrative Context: Krishna introduces the exception of the person fulfilled in the self.

10 words

Sanskrit Term (पद)	IAST Roman	English Meaning
आत्मरतिः	ātmaratiḥ	delight in the self
आत्मतृप्तः	ātmatṛptaḥ	fulfilled in the self
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव	yastvātmaratireva	[term] in context of But one who delights in the se...
स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च	syādātmatṛptaśca	[term] in context of But one who delights in the se...
मानवः	mānavaḥ	[term] in context of But one who delights in the se...
आत्मन्येव	ātmanyeva	[term] in context of But one who delights in the se...
सन्तुष्टस्तस्य	ca	[term] in context of But one who delights in the se...
कार्यं	santuṣṭastasya	[term] in context of But one who delights in the se...
विद्यते	kāryaṃ	[term] in context of But one who delights in the se...
१७	na	[term] in context of But one who delights in the se...

आत्मरतिःātmaratiḥ

delight in the self

आत्मतृप्तःātmatṛptaḥ

fulfilled in the self

यस्त्वात्मरतिरेवyastvātmaratireva