Sanskrit · Devanagari
एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः। कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
evaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvairapi mumukṣubhiḥ kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṃ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Knowing this, the men of old who wished for final emancipation, performed action.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।4.15।। एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैः अपि अतिक्रान्तैः मुमुक्षुभिः। कुरु तेन कर्मैव त्वम् न तूष्णीमासनं नापि संन्यासः कर्तव्यः तस्मात् त्वं पूर्वैरपि अनुष्ठितत्वात् यदि अनात्मज्ञः त्वं तदा आत्मशुद्ध्यर्थम् तत्त्वविच्चेत् लोकसंग्रहार्थं पूर्वैः जनकादिभिः पूर्वतरं कृतं न अधुनातनं कृतं निर्वर्तितम्।।तत्र कर्म चेत् कर्तव्यं त्वद्वचनादेव करोम्यहम् किं विशेषितेन पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम् (गीता 4.15) इत्युच्यते यस्मात् महत् वैषम्यं कर्मणि। कथम्
ae1b195fa453…Rāmānuja
4.15 Actions of the kind described above were performed even by the aspirants of old for liberation, who have become free from evil after knowing Me in this way. Therefore, after having got rid of the sins by knowledge of Me in the aforesaid way, perform actions in the same way as they were performed by those ancients like Vivasvan, Manu etc., in olden times, in the way in which their performance was taught by Me even then. I shall declare it again in what follows. Sri Krsna stresses the difficulty of undertaking the type of Karma that is going to be taught now.
ad3def4cbc8b…Swami Sivananda
4.15 एवं thus? ज्ञात्वा having known? कृतम् (was) done? कर्म action? पूर्वैः by ancients? अपि also? मुमुक्षुभिः seekers after freedom? कुरु perform? कर्म action? एव even? तस्मात् therefore? त्वम् thou? पूर्वैः by ancients?,पूर्वतरम् in the olden time? कृतम् done.Commentary Knowing thus that the Self can have no desire for the fruits of actions and cannot be tainted by them? and knowing that no one can be tainted if he works without egoism? attachment and expectation of fruits? do thou perform your duty.If your heart is impure? perform actions for its purification. If you have attained AtmaJnana or the knowledge of the Self? work for the wellbeing of the world. The ancients such as Janaka and others performed actions in the days of yore. So do thou also perform action.
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