# Bhagavad Gita 3.9

**Canonical reference:** `gita.3.9`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।
तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्गः समाचर ॥

## IAST

yajñārthātkarmaṇo.anyatra loko.ayaṃ karmabandhanaḥ
tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

This world is fettered by all action other than action for the purpose of the sacrifice. Therefore, O son of Kuntī ! do you, casting off attachment, perform action for that purpose.

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