Top Sanskrit Quotes On karma with meaning and transliteration in English
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
Transliteration: karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana.
Translation: You have the right to work, but not to the fruits thereof.
उद्यमेन हि सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः।
Transliteration: udyamena hi sidhyanti kāryāṇi na manorathaiḥ.
Translation: Success is achieved by effort, not by desire alone.
जैसा बोएँगे वैसा ही काटेंगे।
Transliteration: jaisā boeṅge vaisā hī kāṭeṅge.
Translation: As you sow, so shall you reap.
कर्मणा दैवनेत्रियते।
Transliteration: karmaṇā daivanetriyate.
Translation: Destiny is determined by action.
कर्मण्येव अधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
Transliteration: karmaṇyeva adhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana. mā karmaphalahetur bhūr mā te saṅgo 'stvakarmaṇi.
Translation: You have the right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to inaction.
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः।
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्।
Transliteration: jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ.
teṣāmādityavaj jñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam.
Translation: Knowledge alone can destroy ignorance, and the knowledge of the Self illuminates the supreme.
श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः।
ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति।
Transliteration: śraddhāvān labhate jñānaṃ tatparaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ.
jñānaṃ labdhvā parāṃ śāntim acireṇādhigacchati.
Translation: A faithful person who is disciplined in the sense organs and who has control over the mind and intellect, attains knowledge; and by knowledge, he quickly reaches the supreme peace.
न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्।
कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः।
Transliteration: na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarmakṛt.
kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijair guṇaiḥ.
Translation: No one can remain without doing work even for a moment, for everyone is made to act by the qualities born of material nature.
