The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.28.23

6.28.23

‘tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgam’ ityādinā ślokatrayeṇa vidvānkarmāṇi kurvannapi na karoti ato na lipyate lepābhāvācca na badhyata ityuktaṃ tatkiṃ karmaṇāṃ phaladānaśaktipratibandho vā jñānena kriyate uta niranvayoccheda evetyāśaṅkyādye muktasyāpi punaḥ saṃsāraprasaktiṃ paśyan dvitīyamabhyupagacchati - gatasaṅgasyeti | yato vidvān gatasaṅgaḥ kartṛtvābhimānaśūnyo'to na karotītyuktam | yato muktaḥ phalakāmanāmuktaḥ ato na lipyata ityuktam | yato yajñāyaiva yajñeśvaraprītyarthamevācarati na phalāntarārtham prāpyābhāvāt | atastāmevotpādya kṛtārthaiḥ karmabhirna badhyata ityuktam | yato'yaṃ jñāne samyagdarśane'vasthitacetāḥ pratiṣṭhitaprajñaḥ ata īśvaraprītiphalasya jñānaniṣṭhāprāptirūpasyāpi prāgeva lābhāt asya gatasaṅgasya muktasya yajñāya karmācarato jñānāvasthitasya sarvaṃ karma kriyamāṇādikaṃ sarvaprakāreṇa niṣprayojanaṃ satsamagram agreṇa phalena vāsanayā vā saha samagraṃ prakarṣeṇa niranvayaṃ vilīyate naśyatyato na kadācidapi prādurbhavati | ayaṃ ca kriyamāṇakarmapralayo vidvaddṛṣṭyaiva | svābhāvikasya teṣāṃ phalajananasāmarthyasya vahnyauṣṇyavadapratyākhyeyatvāt | ataeva jñānena pūrvakarmaṇāṃ dāha uttareṣāmaśleṣaśca śrūyate na tūttareṣāmapi dāhaḥ | “tadyathaiṣīkatūlamagnau protaṃ pradūyetaivaṃ hāsya sarve pāpmānaḥ pradūyante” iti | “taṃ viditvā na karmaṇā lipyate pāpakena” iti ca | “tasya putrā dāyamupayanti suhṛdaḥ sādhukṛtyāṃ dviṣantaḥ pāpakṛtyām” iti | viduṣo dhanasyeva karmaṇāmapyanyatra gamanadarśanānna teṣāṃ vastuvṛttyā pralayo'stīti dhyeyam ||