Bhagavadgita 7.28

7.28

śrīviśvanātha—tarhi keṣāṃ bhaktāvadhikāra ityata āha—yeṣāṃ puṇyakarmaṇāṃ pāpaṃ tvantaṃ gatamantakālaṃ prāptaṃ naśyadavastham, na tu samyak naṣṭamityarthaḥ| teṣāṃ sattvaguṇodreke sati tamoguṇahrāsaḥ| tasmin sati tatkāryo moho'pi hrasati| mohahrāse sati te khalvatyāsaktirahitā yādṛcchikamadbhaktasaṅgena bhajante mātram| ye tu bhajanādyabhyāsataḥ samyak naṣṭapāpāḥ te mohena niḥśeṣeṇa muktā dṛḍhavratāḥ prāptaniṣṭhāḥ santo māṃ bhajante| na caivaṃ puṇyakarmaiva sarvavidhāyā bhakteḥ kāraṇamiti mantavyam—‘yaṃ na yogena sāṃkhyena dānavratatapodhvaraiḥ| vyākhyāsvādhyāyasaṃnyāsaiḥ prāpnuyād yatnavānapi||’ iti bhagavadukteḥ| kevalabhaktiyogasya puṇyādikarmāśrayaṃ naiva kāraṇamiti bahuśaḥ pratipādanāt|
kahate haiṃ—‘yeṣām’ ityādi| puṇya karmoṃse jinakā pāpa bhalībhām̐ti naṣṭa ho ve yadṛcchākramase atyāsaktirahita mere bhaktake saṅgameṃ merā bhajana karate haiṃ| kintu bhajana-abhyāsakramameṃ jinakī pāparāśi bhalībhām̐ti naṣṭa ho cukī haiṃ śrībhagavānne kahā hai—"jisako yoga, sāṃkhya, dāna, vrata, tapasyā, yajñānuṣṭhāna, (śrīmadbhā. 11/12/9) puṇyādi karmakā āśraya hī kevala-bhaktiyogakā kāraṇa
sā. va. prakāśikā vṛtti—baddha jīvoṃko do prakārase bhagavānke bhajanameṃ nirantara śravaṇakara pāpa, anartha aura saṃsāra āsaktise mukta hokara unake bhajanameṃ tatpara hote haiṃ, jisake phalasvarūpa unake sāre pāpa, bhogāsakti saṅga, unakī kṛpā tathā bhajanaceṣṭā hī bhakti prāpta karaneke upāya haiṃ|
"jisase mere isa 'nitya' svarūpakī vidvatpratīti prāpta karanekā adhikāra karmoṃke dvārā apane jīvanase pāpoṃko pūrṇarūpeṇa samāptakara cuke haiṃ, ve