Bhagavadgita 3.49

3.49

paramātmaviṣayabuddhiyogāt karmāvaram adhamaṃ hi yataḥ, tato buddhau paramātmabuddhau śaraṇaṃ pāpakṣayadvārā tadutpādakamutpannāyā rakṣakaṃ madārādhanarūpaniṣkāmakarmayogam anviccha kartumiccha| ye tu phalahetavaḥ phalakāmā avaraṃ karma kurvanti
te kṛpaṇāḥ atyantadīnāḥ| sarvadā janmamaraṇādighaṭīyantrabhramaṇena paravaśāḥ ‘yo vā etadakṣaraṃ gārgyaviditvā'smāllokātpraiti sa kṛpaṇaḥ’ iti śruteḥ| yathā hi kṛpaṇā atiduḥkhena dhanamarjayanto yatkiñcit dṛṣṭasukhamātralobhena dānādijanitamahatsukhamanubhavituṃ na śaknuvantītyātmānameva vañcayanti, tathā mahatā duḥkhena karmāṇi kurvāṇāḥ kṣudraphalamātralobhena paramānandānubhavena vañcitā ityaho mauḍhyaṃ teṣāmiti kṛpaṇapadena dhvanitam|
evaṃ buddhiyogābhāve doṣamuktvā tatsattve guṇamāha - buddhīti||