Bhagavadgita 4.18.3

4.18.3

yasmāt tasmāt he bhārata vivekavijñānasaṃpanna, yudhyasva yuddhāya yatasveti pūrvameva yuddhāya pravṛttamarjunaṃ bhrāntyā śocantaṃ tacchokamūlamapanīya svakāryaṃ kurvityanujānīte bhagavān, bubhukṣuṃ śaṅkitaṃ śaṅkāmapāsya bhuṅkṣvetivat natu yuddhaṃ kurviti niyuṅkte | jñānakāṇḍe karmavidheranupayuktatvāt 'nahi karmaṇi karmārambhaḥ' iti karmaṇi karmāntarasyaivānupayuktatve kiṃ vaktavyaṃ svapratipakṣe jñānaprakaraṇe karmavidheranupayuktatvam | prayāsyantaṃ prayāhītivat yotsyantaṃ yudhyasvetyanumatimātraṃ bhagavato vacanasya tātparyam | yadvā 'etaṃ vai tamātmānaṃ viditvā brāhmaṇā vyutthāyātha bhikṣācaryaṃ caranti' iti brahmavidāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ sarvaiṣaṇābhyo vyutthitavatāṃ śarīrayātrārthaṃ bhikṣāvidhiḥ śrūyate | jñānināmapyavaśyaṃ śarīrayātrāyāṃ vartitavyamiti, tadvadatrāpi brahmavidāṃ prāṇatrāṇamavaśyaṃ kartavyamiti sūcayituṃ jñānaprakaraṇe ātmajñānino'rjunasya kṣatriyatvena yuvatvena ca saṃnyāsavanasthatayoranupapattau, rājño'sya rājyenaiva śarīrayātrā bhavitavyā rājyasya parākrāntatvena tajjayāya yatasveti śarīrayātrātra bhagavatā vidhīyate | 'śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ' ityagre ucyate ca yatastato na kaścidatra karmavidhiriti mantavyam |