kāryam ity eva yat karma niyataṃ kriyate ‘rjuna
saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ
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he arjuna (O Arjuna),
kāryam iti (to be done) eva [
matvā]
(just after thinking)
saṅgam (attachment) phalam ca eva (and indeed the fruit) tyaktvā (after abandoning)
yat niyatam karma (which regulated activity) kriyate (it is done),
sa tyāgaḥ (that abandonment) sāttvikaḥ (sattvic) mataḥ [
asti]
(it is considered).
| kāryam |
– |
kārya (√kṛ – to do) PF 1n.1 n. – to be done, work, duty, especially religious one; |
| iti |
– |
av. – thus (used to close the quotation); |
| eva |
– |
av. – certainly, just, merely; |
| yat |
– |
yat sn. 1n.1 n. – that which; |
| karma |
– |
karman 1n.1 n. – activity (from: √kṛ – to do); |
| niyatam |
– |
niyata (ni-√yam – to restrain, to control) PP 1n.1 n. – regulated, restrained; |
| kriyate |
– |
√kṛ (to do) Praes. pass. 1v.1 – it is done; |
| arjuna |
– |
arjuna 8n.1 m. – white, clear, Arjuna; |
| saṅgam |
– |
saṅga 2n.1 m. – clinging, contact, relation, desire, attachment (from: sam-√gam – come together or √sañj – to attach, to stick, to embrace); |
| tyaktvā |
– |
√tyaj (to abandon, to give up) absol. – after abandoning; |
| phalam |
– |
phala 2n.1 n. – fruit, result (from: √phal – to ripen); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| eva |
– |
av. – certainly, just, merely; |
| saḥ |
– |
tat sn. 1n.1 m. – he; |
| tyāgaḥ |
– |
tyāga 1n.1 m. – leaving, abandonment (from: √tyaj – to abandon, to give up); |
| sāttvikaḥ |
– |
sāttvika 1n.1 m. – related to sattva, sattvic (from: √as – to be, PPr sant – being, existing, true, the essence, abst. sattva – being, essence, wisdom, spirit, one of the three guṇas); |
| mataḥ |
– |
mata (√man – to think) PP 1n.1 m. – regarded, esteemed; thought, opinion, view; |
kriyate → kurute (he does);
tyāgaḥ → tyāgī (one who abandons);
mataḥ → smṛtaḥ (remembered);
kaḥ punaḥ sāttvikas tyāgaḥ ? ity āha—
kāryaṃ kartavyam ity eva yat karma niyataṃ nityaṃ kriyate nirvartyate, he arjuna ! saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ caiva | etan nityānāṃ karmaṇāṃ phalavattve bhagavad-vacanaṃ pramāṇam avocāma | athavā, yady api phalaṃ na śrūyate nityasya karmaṇaḥ, tathāpi nityaṃ karma kṛtam ātma-saṃskāraṃ pratyavāya-parihāraṃ vā phalaṃ karoti ātmana iti kalpayaty evājñaḥ | tatra tām api kalpanāṃ nivārayati phalaṃ tyaktvā ity anena | ataḥ sādhūktaṃ saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ ceti | sa tyāgo nitya-karmasu saṅga-phala-parityāgaḥ sāttvikaḥ sattva-nirvṛtto mato ’bhipretaḥ ||
nanu karma-parityāgas tri-vidhaḥ saṃnyāsa iti ca prakṛtaḥ | tatra tāmaso rājasaś coktas tyāgaḥ | katham iha saṅga-phala-tyāgas tṛtīyatvenocyate ? yathā trayo brāhmaṇā āgatāḥ, tatra ṣaḍ-aṅga-vidau dvau, kṣatriyas tṛtīya iti tadvat | naiṣa doṣas tyāga-sāmānyena stuty-arthatvāt | asti hi karma-saṃnyāsasya phalābhisaṃdhi-tyāgasya ca tyāgatva-sāmānyam | tatra rājasa-tāmasatvena karma-tyāga-nindayā karma-phalābhisaṃdhi-tyāgaḥ sāttvikatvena stūyate sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ iti
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