Sanskrit · Devanagari
दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय। बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
dūreṇa hyavaraṃ karma buddhiyogāddhanañjaya buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Action, O Dhanañjaya! is far inferior to the devotion of the mind. In that devotion seek shelter. Wretched are those whose motive (to action) is the fruit (of action).
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.49।। दूरेण अतिविप्रकर्षेण अत्यन्तमेव हि अवरम् अधमं निकृष्टं कर्म फलार्थिना क्रियमाणं बुद्धियोगात् समत्वबुद्धियुक्तात् कर्मणः जन्ममरणादिहेतुत्वात्। हे धनञ्जय यत एवं ततः योगविषयायां बुद्धौ तत्परिपाकजायां वा सांख्यबुद्धौ शरणम् आश्रयमभयप्राप्तिकारणम् अन्विच्छ प्रार्थयस्व परमार्थज्ञानशरणो भवेत्यर्थः। यतः अवरं कर्म कुर्वाणाः कृपणाः दीनाः फलहेतवः फलतृष्णाप्रयुक्ताः सन्तः यो वा एतदक्षरं गार्ग्यविदित्वास्माल्लोकात्प्रैति स कृपणः इति श्रुतेः।।समत्वबुद्धियुक्तः सन् स्वधर्ममनुतिष्ठन् यत्फलं प्राप्नोति तच्छृणु
12c029cbaf30…Rāmānuja
2.49 All other kinds of action are far inferior to those done with evenness of mind, which consists in the renunciation of the main result and with eanimity towards success or failure in respect of the secondary results. Between the two kinds of actions, the one with eanimity and the other with attachment, the former associated with eanimity removes all the sufferings of Samsara and leads to release which is the highest object of human existence. The latter type of actions, which is pursued with an eye on results, leads one to Samsara whose character is endless suffering. Thus when an act is being done, take refuge in Buddhi (evenness of mind). Refuge means abode. Live in that Buddhi, is the meaning. 'Miserable are they who act with a motive for results': it means, 'Those who act with attachment to the results, etc., are miserable, as they will continue in Samsara.'
bd9e7448a904…Swami Sivananda
2.49 दूरेण by far? हि indeed? अवरम् inferior? कर्म action or work? बुद्धियोगात् than the Yoga of wisdom? धनञ्जय O Dhananjaya? बुद्धौ in wisdom? शरणम् refuge? अन्विच्छ seek? कृपणाः wretched? फलहेतवः seekers after fruits.Commentary Action done with evenness of mind is Yoga of wisdom. The yogi who is established in the Yoga of widdom is not affected by success or failure. He does not seek fruits of his actions. He has poised reason. His reason is rooted in the Self. Action performed by one who expects fruits for his actions? is far inferior to the Yoga of wisdom wherein the seeker does not seek fruits because the former leads to bondage and is the cause of birth and death. (Cf.VIII.18).
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