evaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvair api mumukṣubhiḥ
kuru karmaiva tasmāt tvaṃ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam
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evam (thus) jñātvā (knowing),
pūrvaiḥ (by those earlier) mumukṣubhiḥ api (even by those desiring liberation) karma (activity) kṛtam (done) [
āsit]
(it was).
tasmāt (therefore) tvam (you) pūrvaiḥ (by those earlier) pūrvataram (more previous) kṛtam (done) karma eva (just activity) kuru (you must do).
| evam |
– |
av. – thus; |
| jñātvā |
– |
√jñā (to know, to understand) absol. – understanding, knowing; |
| kṛtam |
– |
kṛta (√kṛ – to do) PP 2n.1 n. – done, made; |
| karma |
– |
karman 2n.1 n. – activity (from: √kṛ – to do); |
| pūrvaiḥ |
– |
pūrva sn. 3n.3 m. – by those earlier; |
| api |
– |
av. – although, moreover, besides, even; |
| mumukṣubhiḥ |
– |
mumukṣu (√muc – to liberate) des. 3n.3 m.; mokṣam icchadbhir iti – by those desiring liberation; |
| kuru |
– |
√kṛ (to do) Imperat P 2v.1 – you must do; |
| karma |
– |
karman 2n.1 n. – activity (from: √kṛ – to do); |
| eva |
– |
av. – certainly, just, merely; |
| tasmāt |
– |
av. – therefore (from: tat sn. 5n.1 m. – from that); |
| tvam |
– |
yuṣmat sn. 1n.1 – you; |
| pūrvaiḥ |
– |
pūrva sn. 3n.3 m. – by those earlier; |
| pūrvataram |
– |
pūrva-tara 2n.1 n. – momre previous (comparative of: pūrva – pūrva-tara, pūrva-tama);
or av. – earlier, previously; |
| kṛtam |
– |
kṛta (√kṛ – to do) PP 2n.1 n. – done, made; |
pūrvair → sarvair (by all);
karmaiva → karmeva (as if activity);
pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṁ → pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraiḥ / pūrvaṁ pūrvataraṁ (by those earlier and even more earlier / earlier by those earlier);
nāhaṃ kartā, na me karma-phale spṛheti—
evaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvair apy atikrāntair mumukṣubhiḥ | kuru tena karmaiva tvam | na tuṣṇīm āsanaṃ nāpi saṃnyāsaḥ kartavyaḥ | tasmāt tvat-pūrvair apy anuṣṭhitatvād yady anātmajñas tvaṃ tad ātma-śuddhy-artham | tattvavic cet loka-saṃgrahārtham | pūrve janakādibhiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam | nādhunātana-kṛtaṃ nivartitam
evaṃ māṃ jñātvā vimuktapāpaiḥ pūrvair api mumukṣubhir uktalakṣaṇaṃ karma kṛtam / tasmāt tvam uktaprakāramadviṣayajñānavidhūtapāpaḥ pūrvair vivasvanmanvādibhiḥ kṛtaṃ pūrvataraṃ purātanaṃ tadānīm eva mayoktaṃ vakṣyamāṇākāraṃ karvaiva kuru
ye yathā mām ity ādi caturbhiḥ ślokaiḥ prāsaṅgikam īśvarasya vaiṣamyaṃ parihṛtya pūrvoktam eva karma-yogaṃ prapañcayitum anusmārayati evam iti | ahaṅkārādi-rāhityena kṛtaṃ karma bandhakaṃ na bhavati | ity evaṃ jñātvā pūrvair janakādibhir api mumukṣubhiḥ sattva-śuddhy-arthaṃ pūrvataraṃ yugāntareṣv api kṛtam | tasmāt tvam api prathamaṃ karmaiva kuru
yato nāhaṃ kartā na me karma-phala-spṛheti jñānāt karmabhir na badhyate ‚ta āha evam iti | evam ātmano ‚kartuḥ karmālepaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvair atikrāntair api asmin yuge yayāti-yadu-prabhṛtibhir mumukṣubhiḥ | tasmāt tvam api karmaiva kuru na tūṣṇīm āsanaṃ nāpi saṃnyāsam | yady atattvavit tadātma-śuddhy-arthaṃ tattva-vic cel loka-saṅgrahārtham | pūrvair janakādibhiḥ pūrvataram atipūrvaṃ yugāntare kṛtam | etenāsmin yuge ‚nya-yuge ca pūrva-pūrvataraiḥ kṛtatvād avaśyaṃ tvayā kartavyaṃ karmeti darśayati
evambhūtam eva māṃ jñātvā pūrvair janakādibhir api loka-pravartanārtham eva karma kṛtam
evam iti | mām eva jñātvā tad-anusāribhir mac-chiṣyaiḥ pūrvair vivasvad-ādibhir mumukṣubhir niṣkāmaṃ karma kṛtam | tasmāt tvam api karmaiva tat kuru | na karma-saṃnyāsam | aśuddha-cittaś cej jñāna-garbhāyai citta-śuddhyai śuddha-cittaś cel loka-saṅgrahāyety arthaḥ | kīdṛśaṃ pūrvais taiḥ kṛtaṃ ? pūrvataraṃ atiprācīnam
