Bhagavadgita 17.1

17.1

śrīviśvanātha— atha saptadaśe vastu sāttvikaṃ rājasaṃ tathā| tāmasañca vivicyoktaṃ pārtha praśnottaraṃ yathā|| nanvāsurasargamuktvā tadupasaṃhāre “yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmacārataḥ| na sa siddhimavāpnoti na sukhaṃ na parāṃ gatim|” iti tvayoktam, tatrāhamidaṃ jijñāse ityāha—ye iti| ye śāstravidhimutsṛjya kāmacārato varttante, kintu kāmabhogarahitā eva śraddhayānvitāḥ santo yajante tapoyajña-jñānayajña-japayajñādikaṃ kurvanti, teṣāṃ kā niṣṭhā sthitiḥ kimālambanamityarthaḥ| tat kiṃ sattvam, āhosvit rajaḥ athavā tamastadbrūhītyarthaḥ|
bhāvānuvāda—arjunake praśnake uttarameṃ śrībhagavānne sāttvika, rājasika arjuna pūchate haiṃ—acchā, āsura sarga (utpatti) ke viṣayameṃ batāneke bāda usake upasaṃhārameṃ āpane kahā ki jo loga śāstravidhikā ullaṅghanakara śāstravidhikā ullaṅghanakara svecchācārameṃ pravṛtta hote haiṃ, kintu kāmake bhogase sā. va. prakāśikā vṛtti— “itanā sunakara arjunane kahā- he kṛṣṇa ! mujhe saṃśaya upasthita huā| āpane gītā (4/39) meṃ kahā ki śraddhāvān loga tyāgakara kāmanāke sātha (karmameṃ) pravṛtta hote haiṃ, unako siddhi, sukha yā śraddhāpūrvaka bhajana karate haiṃ, unakī niṣṭhāko kyā sāttvikī kahā jāegā athavā rājasī yā tāmasī ?” – śrībhaktivinoda ṭhākura |