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Verse 3·33

Even the wise are bound by their nature

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

All existences follow their nature and what shall coercing it avail? Even the man of knowledge acts according to his own nature.

Gītā 3·33

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in