Bhagavadgita 18.7
Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 18.7
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18.7
niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate |
mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||
niyatasya nityanaimittikasya mahāyajñādeḥ karmaṇaḥ saṃnyāsaḥ tyāgo nopapadyate, "śarīrayātrāpi ca tena prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ" iti śarīrayātrāyā evāsiddheḥ, śarīrayātrā hi yajñaśiṣṭāśanena nirvartyamānā samyagjñānāya prabhavati; anyathā, "te tv aghaṃ bhuñjate pāpāḥ" ity ayajñaśiṣṭāgharūpāśanāpyāyanaṃ manaso viparītajñānāya bhavati / "annamayaṃ hi somya manaḥ" ity annena hi mana āpyāyate / "āhāraśuddhau sattvaśuddhis sattvaśuddhau dhruvā smṛtiḥ / smṛtilambhe sarvagranthīnāṃ vipramokṣaḥ //" iti brahmasākṣātkārarūpaṃ jñānam āhāraśuddhyāyattaṃ śrūyate / tasmān mahāyajñādinityanaimittikaṃ karma ā prayāṇād brahmajñānāyaivopādeyam iti tasya tyāgo nopapadyate / evaṃ jñānotpādinaḥ karmaṇo
bandhakatvamohāt parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ / tamomūlas tyāgas tāmasaḥ / tamaḥkāryājñānamūlatvena tyāgasya tamomūlatvam / tamo hy ajñānasya mūlaṃ, "pramādamohau tamaso bhavato 'jñānam eva ca" ity atroktam / ajñānaṃ tu jñānavirodhi viparītajñānam; tathā ca vakṣyate, "adharmaṃ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā / sarvārthān viparītāṃś ca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī" iti / ato nityanaimittikādeḥ karmaṇas tyāgo viparītajñānamūla evetyarthaḥ //
Translations (3)
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- The Song Celestial — Edwin Arnold 1885, English
Commentaries (8)
- Subodhinī — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- Tātparyabodhinī — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- Tattvaprakāśikā — Keśava Kāśmīrī, Sanskrit
- Sārārthavarṣiṇī — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit
- Bālabodhinī — G.S. Pathak 1825, Sanskrit
- Arthaprakāśikā — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1715, Sanskrit
- Gūḍhārthacandrikā — Vanamālī Miśra 1660, Sanskrit
- Vaṃśī — Vaṃśīdhara 1675, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Vulgate (700 verses) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Bhagavadgītā — Vyāsa, Sanskrit