Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 18, Verse 60

[Bhagavad Gita Slokas]

	Chapter 18: Conclusion -- The Perfection of Renunciation
	Verse: 60 svabhava-jena kaunteya nibaddhah svena karmana kartum necchasi yan mohat karishyasy avaso 'pi tat

Translation:
Under illusion you are now declining to act according to My direction. But, compelled by the work born of your own nature, you will act all the same, O son of Kunti.

Explanation:
Here the Lord expands the meaning of what he has just said. Srila Prabhupada explains, "If one refuses to act under the direction of the Supreme Lord, then he is compelled to act by the modes in which he is situated. Everyone is under the spell of a particular combination of the modes of nature and is acting in that way. But anyone who voluntarily engages himself under the direction of the Supreme Lord becomes glorious."

Please read the Sanskrit Verse and the Prabhupada's Purport.

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