kartavya

plural kartavyas

1. HinduismregionalA duty, obligation, task.

   Tell me what my kartavya, duty, is and I shall follow it. You saved me from burning in the fire, so have the grace to tell me about it.

   2017, Vasudha Dalmia, Hindu Pasts: Women, Religion, Histories, Albany: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 184, →ISBN

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   Duty and action are roughly equivalent to kartavya and karma respectively. In popular parlance, duty means what one should do; while karma is the sumtotal of what one did, does and will do. Duty is relative, local and subjective. Gita talks of karma, not of kartavya. How you perform your kartavya in the light of the standards of karma is your comprehension and appreciation of the Gita.

   2002, Hullasa Behera, 50 flowers from Bhagavat Gita: a solace against frightening materialism, Delhi: Pustak Mahal, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62, →ISBN