3.20
Chapter 3, Verse 20
कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः। लोकसंग्रहमेवापि संपश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि৷৷
karmaṇaiva hi saṅsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ. lōkasaṅgrahamēvāpi saṅpaśyankartumarhasi৷৷
Translation
King Janaka and others attained perfection through action alone. Even for the sake of enlightening the world, it is thy duty to act;
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
कर्मणा by action, एव only, हि verily, संसिद्धिम् perfection, आस्थिताः attained, जनकादयः Janaka and others, लोकसंग्रहम् protection of the masses, एवापि only, संपश्यन् having in view, कर्तुम् to perform, अर्हसि thou shouldst. Commentary: Samsiddhi is Moksha (perfection or liberation). Janaka, (Asvapati) and others had perfect knowledge of the Self, and yet they performed actions in order to set an example to the masses. They worked for the guidance of men.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.