सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि | प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति ||३-३३||
sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi . prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati ||3-33||
- sadṛśam
- accordingly
- ceṣṭate
- tries
- svasyāḥ
- by his own
- prakṛteḥ
- modes of nature
- jñāna-vān
- learned
- api
- although
- prakṛtim
- nature
- yānti
- undergo
- bhūtāni
- all living entities
- nigrahaḥ
- repression
- kim
- what
- kariṣyati
- can do
Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the nature he has acquired from the three modes. What can repression accomplish?