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Bhagavadgita 4.18

Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 4.18

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Sanskrit

4.18

karmaṇy akarma yaḥ paśyed akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ |
sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsnakarmakṛt ||
akarmaśabdenātra karmetarāt prastutam ātmajñānam ucyate / karmaṇi kriyamāṇa evātmajñānaṃ yaḥ paśyet, akarmaṇi cātmajñāne vartamāna eva yaḥ karma paśyet / kim uktaṃ bhavati? kriyamāṇam eva karma ātmayāthātmyānusandhānena jñānākāraṃ yaḥ paśyet, tac ca jñānaṃ karmayogāntaragatatayā karmākāraṃ yaḥ paśyed ity uktaṃ bhavati / kriyamāṇe hi karmaṇi kartṛbhūtātmayāthātmyānusandhāne sati tadubhayaṃ saṃpannaṃ bhavati / evam ātmayāthātmyānusandhānāntargarbhaṃ karma yaḥ paśyet, sa buddhimān -- kṛtsnaśāstrārthavit,manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ -- mokṣāyārhaḥ, sa eva kṛtsnakarmakṛt kṛtsnaśāstrārthakṛt //

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