Bhagavadgita 3.40

3.40

neti | iha niṣkāmatayā 'nuṣṭhite karmayoge 'bhikramaḥ upakramaḥ, tasya nāśaḥ niṣphalatvaṃ nāsti, phalābhisaṃdhivikalatvāt | abhikramanāśābhāve 'pi kiṃcidvaiguṇyātpratyavāyaḥ syāditi tatrāha—na vidyata iti | kāmino viguṇaṃ karma phalopadhāyakaṃ na bhavatyeva | tadviparītasya phalābhisaṃdhivikalatvena svānuṣṭhite karmaṇi kiṃcidvaiguṇyapadaṃ gate 'pi pratyavāyātmako doṣo na vidyate | pratyavāyābhāve 'pi janmādibhayatrāṇaṃ kathaṃ syāditi tatrāha— trāyata iti | īśvaraprasādārthaṃ niṣkāmatayā 'nuṣṭhitasyāsya dharmasya svalpamapyupakramamātramapi cittaśuddhigamyajñānadvārā mahato bhayāt janmamṛtipradātkarmabandhāt trāyate rakṣatītyarthaḥ | kṛṣivāṇijyasthānīyakāmyakarmavadvaiguṇyānnaiṣphalyamasya na bhavati | niṣkāmakarmaṇāmupāttaduritakṣayadvārā cittaśuddhihetutvāt ‘ jñānamutpadyate puṃsāṃ kṣayātpāpasya karmaṇaḥ | yathā ''darśe svamātmānaṃ paśyatyātmānamātmani || ’ iti smṛtyanurodhena viśuddhacittasya jñānasaṃbhavāt jñānadvārā karmabandhaniṟāsakatvānnākiṃcitkarateti bhāvaḥ |
bhagavaduktabuddhidvayātiriktānāṃ buddhīnāṃ vidyamānatvātkathaṃ buddhidvayameva bhagavatopadiṣṭamiti tatrāha—