Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवा: । श्रद्धावन्तो5नसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेडपि कर्मभि:,जो कोई मनुष्य दोषदृष्टिसे रहित और श्रद्धायुक्त होकर मेरे इस मतका सदा अनुसरण करते हैं, वे भी सम्पूर्ण कर्मोंसे छूट जाते हैं

Transliteration

ye me matam idaṁ nityam anutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ | śraddhāvanto 'nasūyanto mucyante te 'pi karmabhiḥ ||

Translation

Ang sinumang tao na walang mapanuring paghahanap ng mali at may pananampalataya, na palaging namumuhay ayon sa aral kong ito—sila man ay napapalaya sa pagkakagapos ng mga gawa.

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

मेof me / my

मतम्doctrine, view, teaching

इदम्this

नित्यम्always, constantly

अनुतिष्ठन्तिfollow, practice, carry out

मानवाःmen, human beings

श्रद्धावन्तःfaithful, endowed with faith

अनसूयन्तःnot fault-finding, non-censorious

मुच्यन्तेare freed, are released

तेthey

अपिalso, even

कर्मभिःfrom/through actions (karmas)

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

If one steadily practices the Lord’s teaching with faith and without fault-finding (anasūyā), one becomes free from the binding effects of karma—action remains, but bondage to its results is dissolved.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the battlefield dialogue, Arjuna is receiving instruction on disciplined action. This verse states the fruit of sincerely following that instruction: even ordinary people who practice it faithfully and without cynical criticism are liberated from karmic bondage.