Sanskrit · Devanagari
न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्। जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
na buddhibhedaṃ janayedajñānāṃ karmasaṅginām joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882wishing to keep the people (to their duties). A wise man should not shake the convictions of the ignorant who are attached to action but acting with devotion (himself ) should make them apply themselves to all action.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.26।। बुद्धेर्भेदः बुद्धिभेदः मया इदं कर्तव्यं भोक्तव्यं चास्य कर्मणः फलम् इति निश्चयरूपाया बुद्धेः भेदनं चालनं बुद्धिभेदः तं न जनयेत् न उत्पादयेत् अज्ञानाम् अविवेकिनां कर्मसङ्गिनां कर्मणि आसक्तानां आसङ्गवताम्। किं नु कुर्यात् जोषयेत् कारयेत् सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान् स्वयं तदेव अविदुषां कर्म युक्तः अभियुक्तः समाचरन्।।अविद्वानज्ञः कथं कर्मसु सज्जते इत्याह
5bcc43d79b15…Rāmānuja
3.26 Do not bewilder the minds of ignorant aspirants by saying that there is, besides Karma Yoga, another way to the vision of the self. They cannot practise Jnana Yoga on account of their incomplete knowledge of the self, and attachment to action. They are alified for Karma Yoga because of their being fit only for activity on account of the subtle impressions of their beginningless Karma. What then follows from this? It is this: Even though one is alified for Jnana Yoga because of the complete knowledge of the self, one should do work, holding the view as said previously, that Karma Yoga by itself without Jnana Yoga is an independent means for the vision of the self. He should thus generate love for all types of activity among those who do not know the complete truth. Sri Krsna declares (in the verses 27 to 30) the way in which the self is to be contemplated on as not being an agent as reired by Karma Yoga, after demonstrating the difference between the enlightened and unenlightened among those practising Karma Yoga.
032e1423572f…Swami Sivananda
3.26 न not? बुद्धिभेदम् unsettlement in the mind? जनयेत् should produce? अज्ञानाम् of the ignorant? कर्मसङ्गिनाम् of the persons attached to actions? जोषयेत् should engage? सर्वकर्माणि all actions? विद्वान् the wise? युक्तः balanced? समाचरन् performing.Commentary An ignorant may says to himelf? I shall do this action and thery enjoy its fruit. A wise man should not unsettle his belief. On the contrary he himself should set an example by performing his duties diligently but without attachment. The wise man should also persuade the ignorant never to neglect their duties. If need be? he should place before them in vivid colours the happiness they would enjoy here and hereafter by discharging such duties. When their hearts get purified in course of time? the wise man could sow the seeds of Karma Yoga (selfless service without deire) in them.
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