सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत | कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम् ||३-२५||
saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṃso yathā kurvanti bhārata . kuryādvidvāṃstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṃgraham ||3-25||
- saktāḥ
- being attached
- karmaṇi
- in prescribed duties
- avidvāṁsaḥ
- the ignorant
- yathā
- as much as
- kurvanti
- they do
- bhārata
- O descendant of Bharata
- kuryāt
- must do
- vidvān
- the learned
- tathā
- thus
- asaktaḥ
- without attachment
- cikīrṣuḥ
- desiring to lead
- loka-saṅgraham
- the people in general
As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, the learned may similarly act, but without attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path.