# Bhagavad Gita 3.20

**Canonical reference:** `gita.3.20`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः।
लोकसंग्रहमेवापि सम्पश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

## IAST

karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ
lokasaṃgrahamevāpi sampaśyankartumarhasi

## English translation — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

By action alone, did Janaka and the rest work for perfection. And having regard also to the keeping of people (to their duties) you should perform action.

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