# Bhagavad Gita 3.17

**Canonical reference:** `gita.3.17`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः।
आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ॥

## IAST

yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ
ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

and O son of Pṛthā! he lives in vain. But the man who is attached to his self only who is contented in his self and is pleased with his self has nothing to do.

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