Sanskrit
प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु । तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत् ॥
prakṛter guṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu tān akṛtsnavido mandān kṛtsnavin na vicālayet
Translation
Those deluded by the qualities of nature are attached to the functions of the qualities. The man of perfect knowledge should not unsettle the foolish whose knowledge is imperfect.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
This restates verse 26’s pastoral caution, but now grounded in the guna framework just laid out rather than in the earlier lokasangraha argument — don’t unsettle those whose knowledge is partial, a repeated theme that treats intellectual patience toward the less advanced as itself part of the wise person’s discipline.