Sanskrit · Devanagari
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः। तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्गः समाचर ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yajñārthātkarmaṇo.anyatra loko.ayaṃ karmabandhanaḥ tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882This world is fettered by all action other than action for the purpose of the sacrifice. Therefore, O son of Kuntī ! do you, casting off attachment, perform action for that purpose.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.9।। यज्ञो वै विष्णुः (तै0 सं0 1.7.4) इति श्रुतेः यज्ञः ईश्वरः तदर्थं यत् क्रियते तत् यज्ञार्थं कर्म। तस्मात् कर्मणः अन्यत्र अन्येन कर्मणा लोकः अयम् अधिकृतः कर्मकृत् कर्मबन्धनः कर्म बन्धनं यस्य सोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः लोकः न तु यज्ञार्थात्। अतः तदर्थं यज्ञार्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्गः कर्मफलसङ्गवर्जितः सन् समाचर निर्वर्तय।।इतश्च अधिकृतेन कर्म कर्तव्यम्
12cc286a79e0…Rāmānuja
3.9 The world is imprisoned by the bond of work only when work is done for personal ends, but not when work is performed or money acired for the purpose of sacrifice etc. prescribed in the scriptures. So, for the purpose of sacrifice, you must perform acts like the acisition of money. In doing so, overcome attachments generated by the pursuit of personal ambitions, and then do your work in the spirit of Yajna. When a person free from attachment does the work for the sake of sacrifices etc., the Supreme Person, propitiated by sacrifices etc., grants him the calm vision of the self after destroying the subtle impressions of his Karmas, which have continued from time without beginning. Sri Krsna stresses the need for sustenance of the body solely by the remnants of sacrifices in respect of those who are devoted to all ends of human life. He decries the sin of those who nourish the body by things other than the remnants of sacrifices:
200bf10a070c…Swami Sivananda
3.9 यज्ञार्थात् for the sake of sacrifice? कर्मणः of action? अन्यत्र otherwise? लोकः the world? अयम् this? कर्मबन्धनः bound by action? तदर्थम् for that sake? कर्म action? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya? मुक्तसंगः free from attachment? समाचार perform.Commentary Yajna means sacrifice or religious rite or any unselfish action done with a pure motive. It means also Isvara. The Taittiriya Samhita (of the Veda) says Yajna verily is Vishnu (174). If anyone does actions for the sake of the Lord? he is not bound. His heart is purified by performing actions for the sake of the Lord. Where this spirit of unselfishness does not govern the action? it will bind one to Samsara however good or glorious it may be. (Cf.II.48).
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