The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.27.21

6.27.21

atra śiṣṭācāraṃ pramāṇayati - karmaṇeti | karmaṇaiva saha saṃsiddhiṃ śravaṇādisādhyāṃ jñānaniṣṭhāṃ gantumāsthitāḥ pravṛttā janakādayastvādṛśāḥ kṣatriyāḥ na tu sannyāsena | nanu śuddhacittasya mama nāsti karmāpekṣetyāśaṅkyāha - loketi | lokasya saṅgrahaḥ svadharme pravartanam | nanu svaprayojanābhāve'pi kevalaṃ lokasaṅgrahārthaṃ cetkarma kartavyaṃ tadā viduṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāmapi sannyāso na syāt | yatīneva sannyāsadharmāngrāhayituṃ teṣāṃ sannyāsa iti cet arjune'pi na taddaṇḍavāritamasti | nanu kṣatriyasya sannyāse'dhikāro nāstīti cet liṅgadhāraṇe'dhikārābhāve'pi bharataṛṣabhādivadvikṣepakarmatyāgamātre'dhikārāt | vārtike “sarvādhikāravicchedi jñānaṃ cedabhyupeyate | kuto'dhikāraniyamo vyutthāne kriyate balāt ||” iti vidvatsannyāse kṣatriyāderapyadhikārasya sādhitatvāt | ato lokasaṅgraho na mukhyaṃ karmaprayojanamiti cetsatyam | ‘na me pārthāsti kartavyam’ iti svadṛṣṭāntenādhikārikatvādarjuna evaivaṃ niyojyate na kṣatriyamātramiti tuṣyatu bhavān ||3.20 3.21 ||