Sanskrit · Devanagari
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्। यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyaṃ kāryameva tat yajño dānaṃ tapaścaiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882The actions of sacrifice, gift, and penance should not be abandoned they must needs be performed
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.5।। --,यज्ञः दानं तपः इत्येतत् त्रिविधं कर्म न त्याज्यं न त्यक्तव्यम्? कार्यं करणीयम् एव तत्। कस्मात् यज्ञः दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि विशुद्धिकराणि मनीषिणां फलानभिसंधीनाम् इत्येतत्।।
489c625575bb…Rāmānuja
18.5 Acts such as sacrifices, gifts, austerities etc., enjoined in the Vedas should not be relinished by the aspirant for release, but should be performed day after day until his death. Why? Acts like sacrifices, gifts and austerities associated with the different stations of life, are the means of purification for the wise., i.e., for those given to contemplation. Contemplation is worship. For the aspirants who perform such worship (Upasana) throughout their lives, they (sacrifices etc.) are a help to erase the previous Karmas which stand in the way of the fulfilment of such worship.
afb7a71df830…Swami Sivananda
18.5 यज्ञदानतपःकर्म acts of sacrifice? gift and austerity? न not? त्याज्यम् should be abandoned? कार्यम् should be performed? एव indeed? तत् that? यज्ञः sacrifice? दानम् gift? तपः austerity? च and? एव indeed? पावनानि purifiers? मनीषिणाम् of the wise.Commentary Acts of sacrifice? gift and austerity purify the hearts of those who have no desire for rewards. These actions are considered obligatory and ought to be performed. Actions that are skilfully performed lose their power to bind the soul and free it from earthly bondage.Now? O Arjuna? I will explain to thee that skilful way by which actions can destroye their own effect.
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