मानव
Maanava
Mānava · IAST
A human being; a child of Manu, ancestor of all people.
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Bhagavad Gītā · 18.46
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् । स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः ॥
yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam | sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarcya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ ||
By doing one's own work as worship of Him from whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded, a person attains perfection.
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