Sanskrit · Devanagari
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम्। स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Worshipping, by (the performance of) his own duty, him from whom all things proceed, and by whom all this is permeated, a man obtains perfection.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.46।। --,यतः यस्मात् प्रवृत्तिः उत्पत्तिः चेष्टा वा यस्मात् अन्तर्यामिणः ईश्वरात् भूतानां प्राणिनां स्यात्? येन ईश्वरेण सर्वम् इदं ततं जगत् व्याप्तम् स्वकर्मणा पूर्वोक्तेन प्रतिवर्णं तम् ईश्वरम् अभ्यर्च्य पूजयित्वा आराध्य केवलं ज्ञाननिष्ठायोग्यतालक्षणां सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः मनुष्यः।।यतः एवम्? अतः --,
c01a74e5296f…Rāmānuja
18.46 He from whom arise all activities as origination of all beings and by whom all this is pervaded, by worshipping Him, i.e., Myself, who abide in Indra and other divinites as the Inner Ruler, man attains perfection, consisting in the attainment of Myself by My grace. It has been told before that everything originates from Me and all this is pervaded by Me, in texts like the following: 'I am the origin and dissolution of the whole universe' (7.6), 'There is nothing higher than Myself, O Arjuna' (7.7), 'This entire universe is pervaded by Me in an unmanifest form' (9.4), 'Under My supervision, the Prakrti gives birth to all mobile and immobile entities' (9.10) and 'I am the origin of all; from Me proceed everything' (10.8).
d676417f3071…Swami Sivananda
18.46 यतः from whom? प्रवृत्तिः (is) the evolution? भूतानाम् of beings? येन by whom? सर्वम् all? इदम् this? ततम् is pervaded? स्वकर्मणा with his own duty? तम् Him? अभ्यर्च्य worshipping? सिद्धिम् perfection? विन्दति attains? मानवः man.Commentary The performance by a man of his own duty is simply carrying into effect the intention of the Supreme from Whom the whole of the creation emanates. When a man worships Him? the Supreme Being? with the flowers of his action? then He is immensely pleased and being thus gratified by such worship He confers on Him? as a boon? dispassion and discrimination.Pravritti Evolution or activity it proceeds from the Lord? the Antaryamin? the Inner Ruler.Bhutanam Beings living creatures.Svakarmana With his own duty each according to his caste as described above.Man attains perfection by worshipping the Lord by performing his own duty? i.e.? he becomes alified for the dawn of Selfknowledge (for Jnana Yoga).
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