Bhagavadgita 4.38

4.38

sukhaduḥkhe iti | lābhālābhau jayājayau ca tatphalabhūte sukhaduḥkhe ca same kṛtvā | samabuddhirbhūtvā lābhādīnāṃ siddhyasiddhyorharṣaviṣādāvakṛtvetyarthaḥ | maduktyā vidhividheyo bhūtvā tato vidhyuktāya yuddhāya svadharmānuṣṭhānāya yujyasva yatasva| evaṃ vidhyuktaṃ yattadīśvarārpaṇabuddhyā kariṣyāmītyevaṃ niścayena yuddhaṃ kurvan pāpaṃ nāvāpsyasi | ‘brahmaṇe brāhmaṇamālabheta’ iti śrutyukte naramedhe brāhmaṇamālabhya kartā yathā pāpaṃ nāpnoti tathā ‘ye yudhyante pradhaneṣu’ iti śrutyukte svadharme yuddhe gurvādṝn hatvā gurvādivadhajaṃ pāpaṃ naramedhivannāvāpsyasītyarthaḥ |
nanu vedāvināśinaṃ nityamityādinā brahmavido na kiṃcitkartavyamastītyupapādyedānīṃ svadharmamapi cetyādinā karma kartavyamiti tvayā punaḥ karma vidhīyate| duḥkhabhūyiṣṭhasya karmaṇaḥ karaṇāpekṣayā kartā karaṇaṃ kāryaṃ ca sarvaṃ mithyaiveti karma sarvaṃ saṃnyasya tūṣṇīmavasthānameva sukhamiti cetsatyam, evaṃvidhajñānamevāhaṃmametyādisaṃsārabhramavidhvaṃsakaṃ bhavati, tathāpi tadārūḍhaviṣayaṃ na tvārurukṣuviṣayamiti mumukṣūṇāṃ karma tat saṃnyāsamārgaparijñānāya karmasaṃnyāsakarmayogayorviṣayavibhāgaṃ sūcayituṃ karmānuṣṭhānaprakāraṃ ca bodhayitumidamāha-