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Entry कर्तव्य

कर्तव्यkartavyaa.What ought to be cut or lopped, fit to be destroyed or put down; पुत्रः सखा वा भ्राता वा पिता वा यदि वा गुरुः…
What ought to be cut or lopped, fit to be destroyed or put down; पुत्रः सखा वा भ्राता वा पिता वा यदि वा गुरुः । रिपुस्थानेषु वर्तन्तः कर्तव्या भूतिमिच्छता ॥ Mb.
Derived forms and compounds
- कर्तव्य kartavya, Potential passive participle What is fit or ought to be done; हीनसेवा न कर्तव्या कर्तव्यो महदाश्रयः H.3.11; मया प्रात- र्निःसत्त्वं वनं कर्तव्यम् Pt.1. -व्यम्, -कर्तव्यता What ought to be done, a duty, obligation; कर्तव्यं वो न पश्यामि Ku. 6.61,2.62; Y.1.331.
In the Gita3·22 18·6

न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन ।

na me pārthāsti kartavyaṁ triṣu lokeṣu kiṁcana, — O Son of Pritha, I have no work that I need to do in all the three worlds, I have nothing that I have not gained and have yet to gain, and I abide… 3·22
- कर्तव्यम्kartavyamnominative singular of the neuter form of the potential participial adjective kartavya (work ought to be done).
- कर्तव्यानिkartavyāninominative plural of the neuter form of the potential participial adjective kartavya (work ought to be done).
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