Bhagavadgita 4.12
Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 4.12
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4.12
kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ |
kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhir bhavati karmajā ||
sarva eva puruṣāḥ karmaṇāṃ phalaṃ kāṅkṣamāṇāḥ indrādidevatāmātraṃ yajante -- ārādhayanti, na tu kaścid anabhisaṃhitaphalaḥ indrādidevatātmabhūtaṃ sarvayajñānāṃ bhoktāraṃ māṃ yajate / kuta etat? yataḥ kṣiprasminn eva mānuṣe loke karmajā putrapaśvannādysiddhir bhavati / manuṣyalokaśabdaḥ svargādīnām api pradarśanārthaḥ / sarvaṃ eva laukikāḥ puruṣā akṣīṇānādikālapravṛttānantapāpasaṃcayatayā avivekinaḥ kṣipraphalākāṅkṣiṇaḥ putrapaśvannādyasvargādyarthatayā sarvāṇi karmāṇīndrādidevatārādhanamātrāṇi kurvate; na tu kaścit saṃsārodvignahṛdayo mumukṣuḥ uktalakṣaṇaṃ karmayogaṃ madārādhanabhūtam ārabhata ityarthaḥ //
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 (12)
- Jñāneśvarī — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- Subodhinī — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śāṅkarabhāṣya) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Bhagavadgītāvivaraṇa (Sarvatobhadra) — Sanskrit
- Bhagavadāśayānusaraṇabhāṣya — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit
- Gītārthasaṅgraha (of Abhinavagupta) — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit
- Tattvaprakāśikā — Keśava Kāśmīrī, Sanskrit
- Sārārthavarṣiṇī — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit
- Bālabodhinī — G.S. Pathak 1825, Sanskrit
- Arthaprakāśikā — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1715, Sanskrit
- Vaṃśī — Vaṃśīdhara 1675, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Vulgate (700 verses) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Bhagavadgītā — Vyāsa, Sanskrit