karmaṇo hy api boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ
akarmaṇaś ca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ
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karmaṇaḥ hi api (indeed even of the activity) [
gatim]
(path) bodhavyam (what is to be understood) [
asti]
(it is),
vikarmaṇaḥ ca (and of bad activity) [
gatim]
(path) bodhavyam (what is to be understood) [
asti]
(it is),
akarmaṇaḥ api (of inactivity) [
gatim]
(path) bodhavyam (what is to be understood) [
asti]
(it is).
karmaṇaḥ (of activity) gatiḥ (path) gahanā (impenetrable) [
asti]
(it is).
| karmaṇaḥ |
– |
karman 6n.1 n. – of activity (from: √kṛ – to do); |
| hi |
– |
av. – because, just, indeed, surely; |
| api |
– |
av. – although, moreover, besides, even; |
| boddhavyam |
– |
boddhavya (√budh – to wake, to perceive, to understand) PF 1n.1 n. – what is to be known, understood; |
| boddhavyam |
– |
boddhavya (√budh – to wake, to perceive, to understand) PF 1n.1 n. – what is to be known, understood; |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| vikarmaṇaḥ |
– |
vi-karman 6n.1 n. – of bad activity (from: vi-√kṛ – to change, to deform); |
| akarmaṇaḥ |
– |
a-karman 6n.1 n. – of inactivity (from: √kṛ – to do); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| boddhavyam |
– |
boddhavya (√budh – to wake, to perceive, to understand) PF 1n.1 n. – what is to be known, understood; |
| gahanā |
– |
gahanā 1n.1 f. – deep, dense, impenetrable; |
| karmaṇaḥ |
– |
karman 6n.1 n. – of activity (from: √kṛ – to do); |
| gatiḥ |
– |
gati 1n.1 f. – moving, passage, means, refuge, goal (from: √gam – to go); |
karmaṇo hy api → karmaṇo ‘pi hi (even of activity indeed);
akarmaṇaś ca → akarmaṇo ‘pi / akarmaṇas tu (even of inactivity / but of inactivity);
na caitat tvayā mantavyaṃ, karma nāma dehādi-ceṣṭā loka-prasiddhaṃ, akarma nāma tad-akriyā tūṣṇīm āsanam | kiṃ tatra boddhavyaṃ ? iti | kasmāt ? ucyate—
karmaṇaḥ śāstra-vihitasya hi yasmād apy asti boddhavyam | boddhavyaṃ cāsty eva vikarmaṇaḥ pratiṣiddhasya | tathākarmaṇaś ca tūṣṇīmbhāvasya boddhavyam astīti triṣv apy adhyāhāraḥ kartavyaḥ | yasmād gahanā viṣamā durjñānā karmaṇa ity upalakṣaṇārthaṃ karmādīnāṃ karmākarma-vikarmaṇāṃ gatir yāthātmyaṃ tattvam ity arthaḥ
kuto ‚sya durjñānatety āha
yasmān mokṣasādhanabhūte karmasvarūpe boddhavyam asti; vikarmaṇi ca / nityanaimittikakāmyarūpeṇa, tatsādhanadravyārjanādyākāreṇa ca vividhatāpannaṃ karma vikarma / akarmaṇi jñāne ca boddhavyam asti / gahanā durvijñānā mumukṣoḥ karmaṇo gatiḥ
nanu loka-prasiddham eva karma dehādi-vyāpārātmakam | akarma tad-avyāpārātmakam | ataḥ katham ucyate kavayo ‚py atra mohaṃ prāptā iti ? tatrāha karmaṇa iti | karmaṇo vihita-vyāpārasyāpi tattvaṃ boddhavyam asti | na tu loka-prasiddha-mātram eva | akarmaṇo ‚vihita-vyāpārasyāpi tattvaṃ boddhavyam asti | vikarmaṇo niṣiddha-vyāpārasyāpi tattvaṃ boddhavyam asti | yataḥ karmaṇo gatir gahanā | karmaṇa ity upalakṣaṇārtham | karmākarma-vikarmaṇāṃ tattvaṃ durvijñeyam ity arthaḥ
nanu sarva-loka-prasiddhatvād aham evaitaj jānāmi dehendriyādi-vyāpāraḥ karma tūṣṇīm āsanam akarmeti tatra kiṃ tvayā vaktavyam iti tatrāha karmaṇa iti | hi yasmāt karmaṇaḥ śāstra-vihitasyāpi tattvaṃ boddhavyam asti, vikarmaṇaś ca pratiṣiddhasya, akarmaṇaś ca tūṣṇīmbhāvasya | atra vākya-traye ‚pi tattvam asīty adhyāhāraḥ | yasmād gahanā durjñānā | karmaṇa ity upalakṣaṇaṃ karmākarma-vikarmaṇām | gatis tattvam ity arthaḥ
niṣiddhācaraṇaṃ durgati-prāpakam iti tattvam | tathākarmaṇaḥ karmākaraṇasyāpi sannyāsinaḥ kīdṛśaṃ karmākaraṇaṃ śubhadam iti | anyathā niḥśreyasaṃ kathaṃ hasta-gataṃ syād iti bhāvaḥ | karmaṇa ity upalakṣaṇaṃ karmākarma-vikarmaṇām | gatis tattvam | gahanā durgamā
nanu kavayo ‚pi mohaṃ prāpur iti cet tatrāha karmaṇo hīti | karmaṇo niṣkāmasya mumukṣubhir anuṣṭhātavyasya svarūpaṃ boddhavyam | vikarmaṇo jñāna-viruddhasya kāmya-karmaṇaḥ svarūpaṃ boddhavyam | akarmaṇaś ca karma-bhinnasya jñānasya ca svarūpaṃ boddhavyam | tat-tat-svarūpavidbhiḥ sārdhaṃ vicāryam ity arthaḥ | karmaṇo ‚karmaṇaś ca gatir gahanā durgamā | ataḥ kavayo ‚pi tatra mohitāḥ
