TEXT 23

Devanagari

यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः ।
मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥ २३ ॥

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Tekst

yadi hy ahaṁ na varteyaṁ
jātu karmaṇy atandritaḥ
mama vartmānuvartante
manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ

Synonyms

yadi — if; hi — certainly; aham — I; na — do not; varteyam — thus engage; jātu — ever; karmaṇi — in the performance of prescribed duties; atandritaḥ — with great care; mama — My; vartma — path; anuvartante — would follow; manuṣyāḥ — all men; pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; sarvaśaḥ — in all respects.

yadi — hvis; hi — med sikkerhed; aham — Jeg; na — ikke; varteyam — ville engagere Mig således; jātu — nogensinde; karmaṇi — i udførelsen af foreskrevne pligter; atandritaḥ — med stor omhu; mama — Min; vartma — vej; anuvartante — de ville følge; manuṣyāḥ — alle mennesker; pārtha — O Pṛthās søn; sarvaśaḥ — i alle henseender.

Translation

For if I ever failed to engage in carefully performing prescribed duties, O Pārtha, certainly all men would follow My path.

For hvis Jeg nogensinde skulle undlade omhyggeligt at gøre Mine foreskrevne pligter, ville alle mennesker med sikkerhed følge i Mine fodspor, O Pārtha.

Purport

In order to keep the balance of social tranquillity for progress in spiritual life, there are traditional family usages meant for every civilized man. Although such rules and regulations are for the conditioned souls and not Lord Kṛṣṇa, because He descended to establish the principles of religion He followed the prescribed rules. Otherwise, common men would follow in His footsteps, because He is the greatest authority. From the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is understood that Lord Kṛṣṇa was performing all the religious duties at home and out of home, as required of a householder.

FORKLARING: For at holde samfundet stabilt med henblik på fremskridt i åndeligt liv findes der familietraditioner for alle civiliserede mennesker. Selv om sådanne regler og forskrifter er for de betingede sjæle og ikke for Herren Kṛṣṇa, fulgte Han de foreskrevne regler, fordi Han var nedsteget for at etablere religionens principper. Ellers ville almindelige mennesker følge i Hans fodspor, da Han er den højeste autoritet. Vi lærer fra Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, at Herren Kṛṣṇa opfyldte alle de religiøse pligter, der kræves af en familiefar, både i og uden for hjemmet.