महापीठादौ स्पर्शदोषाद्यभावःNo fault of touch at the great seats
Verse 104
विना कर्म न तिष्ठन्ति क्षणार्धमपि देहिनः । अनिच्छन्तोऽपि विवशाः कृष्यन्ते कर्मवायुना ॥ १०४ ॥
vinā karma na tiṣṭhanti kṣaṇārdhamapi dēhinaḥ | anicchantō’pi vivaśāḥ kṛṣyantē karmavāyunā || 104 ||
Translation
Without action embodied beings cannot remain even half a moment. Even unwilling, they are helplessly dragged on by the wind of action.
Word by word
- vinā
- without
- karma
- action
- na
- not
- tiṣṭhanti
- remain
- kṣaṇa
- a moment
- ardham
- (ardham) half
- api
- even
- dēhinaḥ
- embodied beings
- anicchantō
- (anicchantaḥ) unwilling
- vivaśāḥ
- helplessly
- kṛṣyantē
- are dragged on
- vāyunā
- by the wind
Meaning
The thought is close to the Bhagavad Gītā (3.5): no one can be without action even for a moment. "Karma-vāyu", the wind of action, is the image that the next verses go on to develop.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 100.