Bhagavadgita 18.23

18.23

ya iti | yaḥ śrutādhyayanasaṃpanno brāhmaṇādiradhikārī śāstravidhiṃ | vidhīyate apūrvo'rtho bodhyate'neneti vidhiḥ | 'agnīṣomīyaṃ paśumālabheta' 'na kalañjaṃ bhakṣayet' ityevaṃ kartavyākartavyārthaprakāśakaṃ śāstravidhiṃ codanāvidhiṃ niṣedhaṃ cotsṛjyāvicārya | śāstravidhimupekṣyetyarthaḥ | kāmakārataḥ kāmanayā yathecchaṃ vartate śāstraniyamamullaṅghya svecchānurūpaṃ śraddhāvidhuraṃ dharmānuṣṭhānaṃ yaḥ karotītyarthaḥ | sa kāmāyattapravṛttiḥ puruṣaḥ siddhimavidhinā kṛtatvātaiḥ karmabhiścitraśuddhiṃ nāpnoti | vidhyuktasyaiva karmaṇaḥ phalāvaśyaṃbhāvitvaniyamāttata eva svargīyaṃ ca sukhaṃ na prāpnoti | karmaṇāṃ muktisādhanatvābhāvātparāṃ gatiṃ mokṣaṃ cāpi nāpnoti | yathecchamavidhinā karma kurvāṇaḥ svargāpavargobhayabhraṣṭo bhavatītyarthaḥ |
śāstravidhineva karmaṇāṃ kartavyatvaṃ nirdhārayannadhyāyamupasaṃharati-