प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु | तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत् ||३-२९||
prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu . tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet ||3-29||
- prakṛteḥ
- of material nature
- guṇa
- by the modes
- sammūḍhāḥ
- befooled by material identification
- sajjante
- they become engaged
- guṇa-karmasu
- in material activities
- tān
- those
- akṛtsna-vidaḥ
- persons with a poor fund of knowledge
- mandān
- lazy to understand self-realization
- kṛtsna-vit
- one who is in factual knowledge
- na
- not
- vicālayet
- should try to agitate
Bewildered by the modes of material nature, the ignorant fully engage themselves in material activities and become attached. But the wise should not unsettle them, although these duties are inferior due to the performers’ lack of knowledge.