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Chapter 6.25 - Verse 33

Sanskrit Text

सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति

English Translation

Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature. All beings follow Nature. What then restraints (of the organs of action) will avail?

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

सदृशं | चेष्टते | स्वस्याः | प्रकृति + ज्ञानवत् + अपि
प्रकृतिं | यान्ति | भूतानि | निग्रहः | किं | करिष्यति