Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 17.6

Sanskrit

कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्।।17.6।।

karṣhayantaḥ śharīra-sthaṁ bhūta-grāmam achetasaḥ māṁ chaivāntaḥ śharīra-sthaṁ tān viddhy āsura-niśhchayān

Meaning

Leaders who ignore their team's wellbeing and exploit resources for short-term gains ultimately damage their organization and themselves. Sustainable success requires respecting people and systems.

Translation

(And those who,) being non-discriminating, torture all the organs in the body as well as even Me who reside in the body—know them to be possessed of demoniacal conviction.

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: