Sanskrit · Devanagari
अर्जुन उवाच। ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन। तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
arjuna uvāca jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882If, O Ganārdana! devotion is deemed by you to be superior to action, then why, O Kesava! do you prompt me to (this) fearful action?
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.1।। ज्यायसी श्रेयसी चेत् यदि कर्मणः सकाशात् ते तव मता अभिप्रेता बुद्धिः ज्ञानं हे जनार्दन। यदि बुद्धिकर्मणी समुच्चिते इष्टे तदा एकं श्रेयःसाधनमिति कर्मणो ज्यायसी बुद्धिः इति कर्मणः अतिरिक्तकरणं बुद्धेरनुपपन्नम् अर्जुनेन कृतं स्यात् न हि तदेव तस्मात् फलतोऽतिरिक्तं स्यात्। तथा च कर्मणः श्रेयस्करी भगवतोक्ता बुद्धिः अश्रेयस्करं च कर्म कुर्विति मां प्रतिपादयति तत् किं नु कारणमिति भगवत उपालम्भमिव कुर्वन् तत् किं कस्मात् कर्मणि घोरे क्रूरे हिंसालक्षणे मां नियोजयसि केशव इति च यदाह तच्च नोपपद्यते। अथ स्मार्तेनैव कर्मणा समुच्चयः सर्वेषां भगवता उक्तः अर्जुनेन च अवधारितश्चेत् तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि (गीता 3.1) इत्यादि कथं युक्तं वचनम्।।किञ्च
61770ce43720…Rāmānuja
3.1 'Arjuna said If you consider that knowledge is superior to works, why do you engage me in this terrible deed?' What is said here is this: If the firm adherence to knowledge is the only means to the vision of the self, then how can one accept the idea that devotion to works (Karma) leads to it? It was said before that this firm devotion to knowledge, which forms the means for the vision of the self, could arise by the cessation of the activities of all the senses and the mind in relation to their respective objects such as sound. If the vision of the self is to be attained, which arises by the cessation of the activities of the senses, I should be guided to engage myself solely to acire firm devotion to knowledge, which is preceded by the abandoning of all works. For what purpose, then, do you engage me in this terrible deed, which consists in the activities of all the senses, and is thus an obstacle for the vision of the self?
8436d6fb2fc2…Swami Sivananda
3.1 ज्यायसी superior? चेत् if? कर्मणः than action? ते by Thee? मता thought? बुद्धिः knowledge? जनार्दन O Janardana? तत् then? किम् why? कर्मणि in action? घोरे terrible? माम् me? नियोजयसि Thou engagest? केशव O Kesava.Commentary In verses 49? 50 and 51 of chapter II? Lord Krsihna has spoken very highly about Buddhi Yoga. He again asks Arjuna to fight. That is the reason why Arjuna is perplexed now.
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