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Bhagavadgita 4.14

Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 4.14

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Sanskrit

4.14

na māṃ karmāṇi limpanti na me karmaphale spṛhā |
iti māṃ yo 'bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate ||
yata imāni vicitrasṛṣṭyādīni karmāṇi māṃ na limpanti -- na māṃ saṃbadhnanti / na matprayuktāni tāni devamanuṣyādivaicitryāṇi / sṛjyānāṃ puṇyapāparūpakarmaviśeṣaprayuktānītyarthaḥ / ataḥ prāptāprāptavivekena vicitrasṛṣṭyāder nāhaṃ kartā; yataś ca sṛṣṭāḥ kṣetrajñāḥ sṛṣṭilabdhakaraṇakalebarāḥ sṛṣṭilabdhaṃ bhogyajātaṃ phalasaṅgādihetusvakarmānuguṇaṃ bhuṅjate; sṛṣṭyādkarmaphale ca teṣām eva spṛheti ne me spṛhā / tathāha sūtrakāraḥ -- vaiṣamyanairghṛṇye na sāpekṣatvād iti / tathā ca bhagavān parāśaraḥ -- "nimittamātram evāsau sṛjyānāṃ sargakarmaṇi / pradhānakāraṇībhūtā yato vai sṛjyaśaktayaḥ // nimittamātraṃ muktvedaṃ nānyat kiṃcid apekṣate / nīyate tapatāṃ
śreṣṭha svaśaktyā vastu vastutām //" iti / sṛjyānāṃ devādīnāṃ kṣetrajñānāṃ sṛṣṭeḥ kāraṇamātram evāyaṃ paramapuruṣaḥ; devādivaicitrye tu pradhānakāraṇaṃ sṛjyabhūtakṣetrajñānāṃ prācīnakarmaśaktaya eva / ato nimittamātraṃ muktvā -- sṛṣṭeḥ kartāraṃ paramapuruṣaṃ muktvā idaṃ kṣetrajñavastu devādivicitrabhāve nānyad apekṣate; svagataprācīnakarmaśaktyā eva hi devādivastubhāvaṃ nīyata ityarthaḥ / evam uktena prakāreṇa sṛṣtyādeḥ kartāram apy akartāraṃ sṛṣṭyādikarmaphalasaṅgarahitaṃ ca yo mām abhijānāti, sa karmayogārambhavirodhibhiḥ phalasaṅgādihetubhiḥ prācīnakarmabhir na saṃbadhyate / mucyata ityarthaḥ //

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