Bhagavadgita 3.1-2
Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 3.1-2
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3.1-2
yadi karmaṇo buddhir eva jyāyasīti te matā, kim arthaṃ tarhi ghore karmaṇi māṃ niyojayasi / etad uktaṃ bhavati -- jñānaniṣṭhaivātmāvalokanasādhanam; karmaniṣṭhā tu tasyāḥ niṣpādikā; ātmāvalokanasādhanabhūtā ca jñānaniṣṭhā sakalendriyamanasāṃ śabdādiviṣayavyāpāroparatiniṣpādyety abhihitā / indriyavyāpāroparatiniṣpādyam ātmāvalokanaṃ cet siṣādhayiṣitam, sakalakarmanivṛttipūrvakajñānaniṣṭhāyām evāhaṃ niyojayitavyaḥ / kim arthaṃ ghore karmaṇi sarvendriyavyāpārarūpe ātmāvalokanavirodhini karmaṇi māṃ niyojayasīti // ato miśravākyena māṃ mohayasīva -- pratibhāti / tathā hy ātmāvalokanasādhanabhūtāyāḥ sarvendriyavyāpāroparatirūpāyāḥ jñānaniṣṭhāyāḥ tadviparyayarūpaṃ karma sādhanam, tad eva kurv
iti vākyaṃ viruddhaṃ vyāmiśram eva / tasmād ekam amiśrarūpaṃ vākyaṃ vada, yena vākyenāham anuṣṭheyarūpaṃ niścitya śreyaḥ prāpnuyām //
Translations (2)
- The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- The Song Celestial — Edwin Arnold 1885, English