Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 31

ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः। श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः।।3.31।।

ye me matam idaṁ nityam anutiṣhṭhanti mānavāḥ śhraddhāvanto ’nasūyanto muchyante te ’pi karmabhiḥ

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Word Meanings

ye—who
me—my
matam—teachings
idam—these
nityam—constantly
anutiṣhṭhanti—abide by
mānavāḥ—human beings
śhraddhā-vantaḥ—with profound faith
anasūyantaḥ—free from cavilling
muchyante—become free
te—those
api—also
karmabhiḥ—from the bondage of karma
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Translation

Those who constantly practice this teaching of Mine with faith and without caviling, they too are freed from actions.

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Commentary

3.31 ये those who? मे My? मतम् teaching? इदम् this? नित्यम् constantly? अनुतिष्ठन्ति practise? मानवाः men? श्रद्धावन्तः full of faith? अनसूयन्तः not cavilling? मुच्यन्ते are freed? ते they? अपि also? कर्मभिः from actions.Commentary Sraddha is a mental attitude. It means faith. It is faith in ones own Self? in the scriptures and in the teachings of the spiritual preceptor. It is compund of the higher emotion of faith? reverence and humility.

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