prakṛteḥ guṇa-saṃmūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasu
tān akṛtsna-vido mandān kṛtsna-vin na vicālayet
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prakṛteḥ (of the nature) guṇa-sammūḍhāḥ (those bewildered by the guṇas) guṇa-karmasu (to activities of the guṇas) sajjante (they are attached).
kṛtsna-vit (one who has complete knowledge) tān (them) akṛtsna-vidaḥ (those who have incomplete knowledge) mandān (fools) na cālayet (he should not unsettle).
prakṛteḥ |
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prakṛti 6n.1 f. – of the nature, primary substance, original cause (from: pra-√kṛ – to produce); |
guṇa-saṁmūḍhāḥ |
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guṇa-saṁmūḍhāḥ 1n.3 m.; TP: guṇaiḥ saṁmūḍhā iti – those bewildered by the guṇas (from: √grah – to take, guṇa – quality, virtue, thread; sam-√muh – to become confused, bewildered, stupefied, PP saṁmūḍha – bewildered); |
sajjante |
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√sañj (to attach, to stick, to embrace) Praes Ā 1v.3 – they are attached; |
guṇa-karmasu |
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guṇa-karma 7n.3 m.; TP: guṇānāṁ karmasu iti – in the activities of the guṇas (from: √grah – to take, guṇa – quality, virtue, thread; √kṛ – to do, karman – activity and its result); |
tān |
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tat sn. 2n.3 m. – them; |
akṛtsna-vidaḥ |
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akṛtsna-vit 2n.3 m.; ye ‘kṛtsnaṁ viduḥ tān – those who have incomplete knowledge (from: kṛtsna – whole; √vid – to know, to understand, -vit – suffix: who knows); |
mandān |
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manda 2n.3 m. – slow, apathic, fools (from: √mand – to tarry, to pause or √mand – to rejoice, to be drunk); |
kṛtsna-vit |
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kṛtsna-vit 1n.1 m.; yaḥ kṛtsnaṁ vetti saḥ – one who has complete knowledge (from: kṛtsna – whole; √vid – to know, to understand, -vit – suffix: who knows); |
na |
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av. – not; |
vicālayet |
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vi-√cal (to move, to shake) Pot. caus. P 1v.1 – he should cause to waver, he should unsettle; |
sajjante → majjaṃte / sajjaṃti / sajyaṃte (they sink / they move / they cling);
The key:
an excerpt from the commented verse
quotes from the scriptures
starting polemic
Now:
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ye punaḥ — |
Those deluded by the energies of Nature are attached to the functions of the energies.
He who knows the All should not unsettle the unwise who know not the All.
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prakṛter guṇa-saṃmūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasu |
tān akṛtsna-vido mandān kṛtsnavin na vicālayet ||3.29|| |
The foolish believe „we do action for the sake of its result.”
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prakṛteḥ guṇaiḥ samyak mūḍhāḥ saṃmohitāḥ santaḥ sajjante guṇānāṃ karmasu guṇa-karmasu vayaṃ karma kurmaḥ phalāya iti | |
These men who are attached to action look only to the results of their actions. The man who knows the All – the man who knows the Self – should not of himself unsettle such men, i.e., he should not disturb their conviction.
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tān karma-saṅgino ’kṛtsna-vidaḥ karma-phala-mātra-darśino mandān manda-prajñān kṛtsna-vit ātma-vit svayaṃ na vicālayet buddhi-bheda-karaṇam eva cālanaṃ tan na kuryāt ity arthaḥ ||3.29|| |
akṛtsnavidaḥ svātmadarśanāya pravṛttāḥ prakṛtisaṃsṛṣṭatayā prakṛter guṇair yathāvasthitātmani saṃmūḍhāḥ guṇakarmasu kriyāsv eva sajjante, na tadviviktātmasvarūpe / atas te jñānayogāya na prabhavantīti karmayoga eva teṣām adhikāraḥ / evaṃbhūtāṃs tān mandān akṛtsnavidaḥ kṛtsnavit svayaṃ jñānayogāvasthānena na vicālayet / te kila mandāḥ śreṣṭhajanācārānuvartinaḥ karmayogād utthitam enaṃ dṛṣṭvā karmayogāt pracalitamanaso bhaveyuḥ / ataḥ śreṣṭhaḥ svayam api karmayoge tiṣṭhan ātmayāthātmyajñānenātmano ‚kartṛtvam anusandhānaḥ, karmayoga evātmāvalokane nirapekṣasādhanam iti darśayitvā tān akṛtsnavido joṣayed ityarthaḥ / jñānayogādhikāriṇo ‚pi jñānayogād asyaiva jyāyastvaṃ pūrvam evoktam / ato vyapadeśyo lokasaṃgrahāyaitam eva kuryāt
na buddhi-bhedam ity upasaṃharati prakṛter iti | ye prakṛter guṇaiḥ sattvādibhiḥ saṃmūḍhāḥ santaḥ guṇeṣv indriyeṣu tat-karmasu ca sajjante | tān akṛtsna-vido mandān manda-matīn kṛtsna-vit sarvajño na vicālayet
tad evaṃ vidvad-aviduṣoḥ karmānuṣṭhāna-sāmyena vidvān aviduṣo buddhi-bhedaṃ na kuryād ity uktam upasaṃharati | prakṛteḥ pūrvoktāyā māyāyā guṇaiḥ kāryatayā dharmair dehādibhir vikāraiḥ samyaṅ mūḍhāḥ svarūpāsphuraṇena tān evātmatvena manyamānās teṣām eva guṇānāṃ dehendriyāntaḥ-karaṇānāṃ karmasu vyāpāreṣu sajjante saktiṃ vayaṃ kurmas tat-phalāyeti dṛḍhatarām ātmīya-buddhiṃ kurvanti ye tān karma-saṅgino ‚kṛtsna-vido ‚nātmābhimānino madnān aśuddha-cittatvena jñā̆nādhikāram aprāptān kṛtsna-vit paripūrṇātmavit svayaṃ na vicālayet karma-śraddhāto na pracyāvayed ity arthaḥ | ye tv amandāḥ śuddhāntaḥ-karaṇās te svayam eva vivekodayena vicalanti jñānādhikāraṃ prāptā ity abhiprāyaḥ |
kṛtsnākṛtsna-śabdāv ātmānātma-paratayā śruty-arthānusāreṇa vārtika-kṛdbhir vyākhyātau –
sad evety ādi-vākyebhyaḥ kṛtsnaṃ vastu yato ‚dvayam |
sambhavas tad-viruddhasya kuto ‚kṛtsnasya vastunaḥ ||
yasmin dṛṣṭe ‚py adṛṣṭo ‚rthaḥ sa tad anyaś ca śiṣyate |
tathādṛṣṭe ‚pi dṛṣṭaḥ syād akṛtsnas tādṛg ucyate || iti |
anātmanaḥ sāvayavatvād aneka-dharmavattāc ca kenacid dharmeṇa kenacid avayavena vā viśiṣṭe tasminn ekasmin ghaṭādau jñāte ‚pi dharmāntareṇa avayavāntareṇa vā viśiṣṭaḥ sa evājñāto ‚vaśiṣyate | tad anyaś ca paṭādir ajñāto ‚ vaśiṣyata eva | tathā tasmin ghaṭādāv ajñāte ‚pi paṭādir jñātaḥ syād iti taj-jñāne ‚pi tasyānyasya cājñānāt tad-ajñāne æpy anya-jñānāc ca so ‚kṛtsna ucyate | kṛtsnas tv advaya ātmaiva taj-jñāne kasyacid avaśeṣasyābhāvād iti śloka-dvayārthaḥ
nanu yadi jīvā guṇebhyo guṇa-kāryebhyaś ca pṛthag-bhūtās tad-asambandhās tarhi kathaṃ te viṣayeṣu sajjanto dṛśyante ? tatrāha prakṛter guṇa-saṃmūḍhās tad-āveśāt prāpta-saṃmohā yathā bhūtāviṣṭo manuṣya ātmānaṃ bhūtam eva manyate, tathaiva prakṛti-guṇāviṣṭā jīvāḥ svān guṇān eva manyante | tato guṇa-karmasu guṇa-kāryeṣu viṣayeṣu sajjante | tān akṛtsna-vido manda-matīn kṛtsna-vit sarvajño na vicālayet | tvaṃ guṇebhyaḥ pṛthag-bhūto jīvo na tu guṇaḥ iti vicāraṃ prāpayituṃ na yatate, kintu guṇāveśa-nivartakaṃ niṣkāma-karmaiva kārayet | na hi bhūtāviṣṭo manuṣyaḥ na tvaṃ bhūtaḥ kintu manuṣya eva iti śata-kṛtve ‚py upadeśena na svāsthyam āpadyate, kintu tan-nivartakauṣudha-maṇi-mantrādi-prayogenaiveti bhāvaḥ
na buddhi-bhedaṃ janayed ity etad upasaṃharati prakṛter iti | prakṛter guṇena tat-kāryeṇāhaṅkāreṇa mūḍhā bhūtāveśa-nyāyena dehādikam evātmānaṃ manyamānā janā guṇānāṃ dehendriyāṇāṃ karmasu vyāpāreṣu sajjante | tān akṛtsna-vido ‚lpa-jñān mandān ātma-tattva-grahaṇālasān kṛtsna-vit pūrṇātma-jñāno na vicālayet guṇa-karmānyo viśuddha-caitanyānandas tvam iti tattvaṃ grāhayituṃ necchet, kintu tad-rucim anusṛtya vaidika-karmāṇi śreṇyākramād ātma-tattva-pravaṇaṃ cikīrsed iti bhāvaḥ