एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः | अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति ||३-१६||
evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ . aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati ||3-16||
- evam
- thus
- pravartitam
- established by the Vedas
- cakram
- cycle
- na
- does not
- anuvartayati
- adopt
- iha
- in this life
- yaḥ
- one who
- agha-āyuḥ
- whose life is full of sins
- indriya-ārāmaḥ
- satisfied in sense gratification
- mogham
- uselessly
- pārtha
- O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)
- saḥ
- he
- jīvati
- lives
- yaḥ
- one who
- tu
- but
My dear Arjuna, one who does not follow in human life the cycle of sacrifice thus established by the Vedas certainly leads a life full of sin. Living only for the satisfaction of the senses, such a person lives in vain.