# Bhagavad Gita 3.33

**Canonical reference:** `gita.3.33`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि।
प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति ॥

## IAST

sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi
prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

and ruined. Even a man of knowledge acts consonantly to his own nature. All beings follow nature. What will restraint effect?

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