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# Bhagavadgita 2.39

Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 2.39

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!ramanuja.2.39)

eṣā te 'bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhir yoge tv imāṃ śṛṇu |  
buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karmabandhaṃ prahāsyasi ||  
saṅkhyā buddhiḥ; buddhyāvadhāraṇīyam ātmatattvaṃ sāṅkhyam / jñātavye ātmatattve tajjñānāya yā buddhir abhidheyā -- "na tv evāham" ity ārabhya "tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṃ śocitum arhasi" ityantena saiṣā te 'bhihitā / ātmajñānapūrvakamokṣasādhanabhūtakarmānuṣṭhāne yo buddhiyogo vaktavyaḥ, sa iha yogaśabdenocyate / "dūreṇa hy avaraṃ karma buddhiyogāt" iti hi vakṣyate / tatra yoge yā buddhir vaktavyā, tām imām abhidhīyamānāṃ śṛṇu, yayā buddhyā yuktaḥ karmabandhaṃ prahāsyasi / karmaṇā bandhaḥ karmabandhaḥ; saṃsārabandha ityarthaḥ //

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## Translations (3)

- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.2.39) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-telang.2.p5.3) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- [The Song Celestial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-arnold.2.p7.p1) — Edwin Arnold 1885, English

## Commentaries (12)

- [Jñāneśvarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.marathi.jnanesvara.jnanesvari.2.230) — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- [Subodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sridhara.70.1) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavirasaivabhasya.2.382) — Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śāṅkarabhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sankara.2.153) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvivaraṇa (Sarvatobhadra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavivarana-sarvatobhadra.1.283) — Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadāśayānusaraṇabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhaskara.123.7) — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit
- [Gītārthasaṅgraha (of Abhinavagupta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!abhinavagupta.1.169) — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit
- [Tātparyabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!samkarananda.4.39) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- [Sārārthavarṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!visvanatha.2.39) — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit
- [Bālabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!g-s-pathak.2.38) — G.S. Pathak 1825, Sanskrit
- [Arthaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.39) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1715, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!vanamali-misra.3.39) — Vanamālī Miśra 1660, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.2.39) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.2.39) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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