śrī-bhagavān uvāca
anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ
sa saṃnyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnir na cākriyaḥ
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śrī-bhagavān (the glorious Lord) uvāca (he spoke):
yaḥ (he who) karma-phalam (the fruit of activity) anāśritaḥ (is not leaned on) kāryam karma (prescribed activity) karoti (he does),
saḥ (he) sannyāsī ca (and renunciant) yogī ca (and yogī) [
asti]
(is),
niragniḥ (who has no fire) [
sannyāsī ca yogī ca]
(renunciant and yogī) na [
asti]
(is not).
akriyaḥ ca (and inactive) [
sannyāsī ca yogī ca]
(renunciant and yogī) na [
asti]
(is not).
śrī-bhagavān |
– |
śrī-bhagavant 1n.1 m.; TP: śriyā yukto bhagavān iti – the Lord united with majesty (from: śrī – lustre, majesty, fortune; √bhaj – to share, to love, to rejoice, to worship, bhaga – a share, good fortune, opulence; -mant / -vant – suffix denoting one who possesses, bhagavant – who possesses opulence); |
uvāca |
– |
√vac (to speak) Perf. P 1v.1 – he spoke; |
anāśritaḥ |
– |
an-ā-śrita (ā-√śri – to adhere, to lean on, to rest on, to depend on) PP 1n.1 m. – not leaned on, not sheltered; |
karma-phalam |
– |
karma-phala 2n.1 m.; TP: karmaṇāṁ phalam iti – the fruit of activity (from: √kṛ – to do, karman – activity and its result; √phal – to ripen; phala – fruit, result); |
kāryam |
– |
kārya (√kṛ – to do) PF 2n.1 n. – to be done, work, duty, especially religious one; |
karma |
– |
karman 2n.1 n. – activity (from: √kṛ – to do); |
karoti |
– |
√kṛ (to do) Praes. P 1v.1 – he does; |
yaḥ |
– |
yat sn. 1n.1 m. – he who; |
saḥ |
– |
tat sn. 1n.1 m. – he; |
saṁnyāsī |
– |
saṁnyāsin 1n.1 m. – renunciant (from: sam-ni-√as – to lay aside, to renounce, to give up, saṁnyāsa – laying aside, resignation, renunciation, -in, -min, -vin – sufixes meaning one who possesses); |
ca |
– |
av. – and; |
yogī |
– |
yogin 1n.1 m. – a yogī, engaged (√yuj – to yoke, to join, to engage, yoga – yoga, yoking, application, a means, one of the schools of Hindu philosophy); |
ca |
– |
av. – and; |
na |
– |
av. – not; |
niragniḥ |
– |
nir-agni 1n.1 m. – who has no fire (from: niḥ – out of, away from, without; √ag – to move tortuously, agni – fire;); |
na |
– |
av. – not; |
ca |
– |
av. – and; |
akriyaḥ |
– |
a-kriya 1n.1 m. – inactive (from: √kṛ – to do, kriyā – act, work, especially religious one); |
yaḥ → saḥ / ca (he / and);
ca yogī → sa yogī (he is a yogī);
cākriyaḥ → niṣkriyaḥ (inactive);
anāśrito —nāśrito’nāśritaḥ | kiṃ ? karma-phalaṃ karmaṇāṃ phalaṃ karma-phalaṃ yat tad-anāśritaḥ, karma-phala-tṛṣṇā-rahita ity arthaḥ | yo hi karma-phale tṛṣṇāvān sa karma-phalam āśrito bhavati | ayaṃ tu tad-viparītaḥ, ato’nāśritaḥ karma-phalam | evaṃbhūtaḥ san kāryaṃ kartavyaṃ nityaṃ kāmya-viparītam agnihotrādikaṃ karma karoti nirvartayati | yaḥ kaścid īdṛśaḥ karmī sa karmy antarebhyo viśiṣyate | ity evam artham āha—sa saṃnyāsī ca yogī ceti | saṃnyāsaḥ parityāgaḥ sa yasyāsti sa saṃnyāsī ca yogī ca | yogaś citta-samādhānaṃ sa yasyāsti sa yogī ceti evaṃguṇa-saṃpanno’yaṃ mantavyaḥ | na kevalaṃ niragnir akriya eva saṃnyāsī yogī ceti mantavyaḥ | nirgatāḥ agnayaḥ karmāṅga-bhūtā yasmāt sa niragniḥ | akriyaś cānagni-sādhanāpy avidyamānāḥ kriyās tapo-dānādikā yasyāsāv akriyaḥ
uktaḥ karmayogaḥ saparikaraḥ, idānīṃ jñānayogakarmayogasādhyātmāvalokanarūpayogābhyāsavidhir ucyate / tatra karmayogasya nirapekṣayogasādhanatvaṃ draḍhayituṃ jñānākāraḥ karmayogo yogaśirasko ‚nūdyate / karmaphalaṃ svargādikam anāśritaḥ, kāryaṃ karmānuṣṭhānam eva kāryam, sarvātmanāsmatsuhṛdbhūtaparamapuruṣārādhanarūpatayā karmaiva mama prayojanam, na tatsādhyaṃ kiṃcid iti yaḥ karma karoti; sa saṃnyāsī ca jñānayoganiṣṭhaś ca; yogī ca karmayoganiṣṭhaś ca; ātmāvalokanarūpayogasādhanabhūtobhayaniṣṭha ityarthaḥ / na niragnir na cākriyaḥ na coditayajñādikarmasv apravṛttaḥ, na ca kevalajñānaniṣṭhaḥ / tasya hi jñananiṣṭhaiva, karmayoganiṣṭhasya tūbhayam astītyabhiprāyaḥ
pūrvādhyāye saṃkṣepeṇoktaṃ yogaṃ prapañcayituṃ ṣaṣṭhādhyāyārambhaḥ | tatra tāvat sarva-karmāṇi manasā saṃnyasya [Gītā 5.13] ity ārabhya saṃnyāsa-pūrvikāyā jñāna-niṣṭhāyās tātparyenābhidhānād duḥkha-rūpatvāc ca karmaṇaḥ sahasā saṃnyāsātiprasaṅgaṃ prāptaṃ vārayituṃ saṃnyāsād api śreṣṭhatvena karma-yogaṃ stauti anāśrita iti dvābhyām | karma-phalam anāśrito ‚napekṣamāṇaḥ sann avaśya-kāryatayā vihitaṃ karma yaḥ karoti, sa eva saṃnyāsī yogī ca na tu niragnir agni-sādhyeṣṭākhya-karma-tyāgī | na cākriyo ‚nagni-sādhya-pūrtākhya-karma-tyāgī
tatra sarva-karma-tyāgena yogaṃ vidhāsyaṃs tyājyatvena hīnatvam āśaṅkya karma-yogaṃ stauti anāśrita iti dvābhyām | karmaṇāṃ phalam āśrito ‚napekṣamāṇaḥ phalābhisaṃdhi-rahitaḥ san kāryaṃ kartavyatayā śāstreṇa vihitaṃ nityam agnihotrādi karma karoti yaḥ sa karmy api san saṃnyāsī ca yogī ceti stūyate |
sannyāso hi thyāgaḥ | citta-gata-vikṣepābhāvaś ca yogaḥ | tau cāsya vidyete phala-tyāgāt phala-tṛṣṇā-rūpa-citta-vikṣepābhāvāc ca | karma-phala-tṛṣṇā-tyāga evātra gauṇyā vṛttyā saṃnyāsa-yoga-śabdābhyām abhidhīyate sakāmānapekṣya prāśastya-kathanāya | avaśyambhāvinau hi niṣkāma-karmānuṣṭhātur mukhyau saṃnyāsa-yogau | tasmād ayaṃ yadyapi na niragnir agni-sādhya-śrauta-karma-tyāgī na bhavati, na cākriyo ‚gni-nirapekṣa-smārta-kriyā-tyāgī ca na bhavati | tathāpi saṃnyāsī yogī ceti mantavyaḥ |
athavā na niragnir na cākriyaḥ saṃnyāsī yogī ceti mantavyaḥ | kintu sāgniḥ sakriyaś ca niṣkāma-karmānuṣṭhāyī saṃnyāsī yogī ceti mantavya iti stūyate | apaśavo vā anye go-aśvebhyaḥ paśavo go-aśvān ity atreva praśaṃsā-lakṣaṇayā nañ-anvayopapattiḥ | atra cākriya ity anenaiva sarva-karma-saṃnyāsini labdhe niragnir iti vyarthaṃ syād ity agni-śabdena sarvāṇi karmāṇy upalakṣya niragnir iti saṃnyāsī kriyā-śabdena citta-vṛttīr upalakṣyākriya iti niruddha-citta-vṛttir yogī ca kathyate | tena na niragniḥ saṃnyāsī mantavyo na cākriyo yogī mantavya iti yathā-saṅkhyam ubhaya-vyatireko darśanīyaḥ | evaṃ sati nañ-dvayam apy upapannam iti draṣṭavyam
aṣṭāṅga-yogābhyāse pravṛttenāpi citta-śodhakaṃ niṣkāma-karma na tyājyam ity āha karma-phalam āśrito ‚napekṣamāṇaḥ kāryam avaśya-kartavyatvena śāstra-vihitaṃ karma yaḥ karoti, sa eva karma-phala-saṃnyāsāt saṃnyāsī, sa eva viṣaya-bhogeṣu cittābhāvād yogī cocyate | na ca niragnir agnihotrādi-karma-mātra-tyāgavān eva sannyāsy ucyate | na cākriyo na daihika-ceṣṭā-śūnyo ‚rdha-nimīlita-netra eva yogī cocyate
proktaṃ karma-yogam aṣṭāṅga-yoga-śiraskam upadekṣyann ādau tau tad-upāyatvāt taṃ karma-yogam stauti bhagavān anāśrita iti dvābhyām | karma-phalam paśv-anna-putra-svargādi-kāmanāśrito ‚nicchan kāryam avaśya-kartavyatayā vihitaṃ karma yaḥ karoti, sa saṃnyāsī jñāna-yoga-niṣṭhaḥ, yogī cāṣṭāṅga-yoga-niṣṭhaḥ sa eva | karma-yogenaiva tayoḥ siddhir iti bhāvaḥ | na niragnir agnihotrādi-karma-tyāgī yati-veśaḥ sannyāsī na cākriyaḥ śarīra-karma-tyāgī ardha-mudrita-netro yogī | atra yogam aṣṭāṅgaṃ cikīrṣūṇāṃ sahasā karma na tyājyam iti matam