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TEXT 18

TEXT 18

Devanagari

Devanagari

नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन ।
न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः ॥ १८ ॥

Text

Texte

naiva tasya kṛtenārtho
nākṛteneha kaścana
na cāsya sarva-bhūteṣu
kaścid artha-vyapāśrayaḥ
naiva tasya kṛtenārtho
nākṛteneha kaścana
na cāsya sarva-bhūteṣu
kaścid artha-vyapāśrayaḥ

Synonyms

Synonyms

na — never; eva — certainly; tasya — his; kṛtena — by discharge of duty; arthaḥ — purpose; na — nor; akṛtena — without discharge of duty; iha — in this world; kaścana — whatever; na — never; ca — and; asya — of him; sarva-bhūteṣu — among all living beings; kaścit — any; artha — purpose; vyapāśrayaḥ — taking shelter of.

na: jamais; eva: certes; tasya: son; kṛtena: par l’accomplissement du devoir; arthaḥ: but; na: non plus; akṛtena: sans l’accomplissement du devoir; iha: en ce monde; kaścana: quel qu’il soit; na: jamais; ca: et; asya: de lui; sarva-bhūteṣu: d’entre tous les êtres; kaścit: aucun; artha: le but; vyapāśrayaḥ: prenant refuge en.

Translation

Translation

A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being.

Celui qui a réalisé son identité spirituelle n’a pas plus d’intérêt personnel à s’acquitter de ses devoirs qu’il n’a de raison de fuir ses obligations. Il n’a aucun besoin non plus de dépendre d’autrui.

Purport

Purport

A self-realized man is no longer obliged to perform any prescribed duty, save and except activities in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not inactivity either, as will be explained in the following verses. A Kṛṣṇa conscious man does not take shelter of any person – man or demigod. Whatever he does in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is sufficient in the discharge of his obligation.

L’homme qui a réalisé son identité spirituelle n’a plus, hors de ses activités dans la conscience de Kṛṣṇa, aucun devoir à remplir. Comme l’expliqueront les versets qui suivent, la conscience de Kṛṣṇa n’est pas la voie du non-agir. La personne consciente de Kṛṣṇa n’est tributaire de personne – homme ou deva. Ce qu’elle fait dans la conscience de Kṛṣṇa suffit à remplir ses obligations.