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3.31Krishna
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ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः ।श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः ॥

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

ये · ye
who
मे · me
my
मतम् · matam
teaching, doctrine
इदम् · idam
this
नित्यम् · nityam
constantly
अनुतिष्ठन्ति · anutiṣṭhanti
follow, practice
मानवाः · mānavāḥ
human beings
अनसूयन्तः · anasūyantaḥ
free from fault-finding
मुच्यन्ते · mucyante
are freed
ते · te
they
अपि · api
also, even
कर्मभिः · karmabhiḥ
from actions (their bondage)

Those who constantly follow this teaching of mine, full of faith and free from fault-finding — they too are freed from the bondage of actions.

Original plain-language translation

A promise with two conditions: śraddhā (trusting faith) and anasūyā (no caviling). Practice without carping liberates — even, pointedly, ordinary people. The teaching is democratic: steady living of it, not brilliance, is what frees.

Reader's notes (original)