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fice to the Shining Ones; for in brief space verily, in this world of men, success is born of action (12 )
कांक्षतः desiring; कर्मणां of actions; सिद्धिं succes8 ; यजंते (they) sacrifice to ; इह here; देवताः the Shining Ones; क्षिप्रं quickly ; हि indeed; मानुषे in the human ; लोके ( in the) world ; सिद्धिः success ; भवति is ; कर्मजा karma-born.
चातुर्वण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः ।
तस्य कर्तारमपि मा विद्यकर्तारमव्ययम् ॥ १३ ॥
The four castes were emanated by Me by the different distribution of qualities and actions ; know Me to be the author of them, though the actionless and inexhaustible. (13)
चातुर्वर्ण्य” the four castes; मया by me ; सृष्टं emanated ; गुणकर्मविभागशः = गुणानाम् च कर्मणाम् च विभागशः of qualities and of actions and, by division ; तस्य of it; कर्तारम् the author ; अपि also ; माम् me; विद्धि know ; अकर्तारम् unacting ; अव्ययम् inexhaustible.
न मा कर्माणि लिंपंति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा ।
इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते॥। १४॥
Nor do actions affect Me, nor is the fruit of action desired by Me. He who thus knoweth Me is not bound by actions. (14)
न not : माम् me ; कर्मणि actionR ; लिंपेति stain; न not; ने of me; कर्मफल = कर्मणः फले of action, in the fruit ; स्पृहा desire ;
