Sanskrit · Devanagari
यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः। ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasaṅkalpavarjitāḥ jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṃ tamāhuḥ paṇḍitaṃ budhāḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882The wise call him learned, whose acts are all free from desires and fancies, and whose actions are burnt down by the fire of knowledge.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।4.19।। यस्य यथोक्तदर्शिनः सर्वे यावन्तः समारम्भाः सर्वाणि कर्माणि समारभ्यन्ते इति समारम्भाः कामसंकल्पवर्जिताः कामैः तत्कारणैश्च संकल्पैः वर्जिताः मुधैव चेष्टामात्रा अनुष्ठीयन्ते प्रवृत्तेन चेत् लोकसंग्रहार्थम् निवृत्तेन चेत् जीवनमात्रार्थम्। तं ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं कर्मादौ अकर्मादिदर्शनं ज्ञानं तदेव अग्निः तेन ज्ञानाग्निना दग्धानि शुभाशुभलक्षणानि कर्माणि यस्य तम् आहुः परमार्थतः पण्डितं बुधाः ब्रह्मविदः।।यस्तु अकर्मादिदर्शी सः अकर्मादिदर्शनादेव निष्कर्मा संन्यासी जीवनमात्रार्थचेष्टः सन् कर्मणि न प्रवर्तते यद्यपि प्राक् विवेकतः प्रवृत्तः। यस्तु प्रारब्धकर्मा सन् उत्तरकालमुत्पन्नात्मसम्यग्दर्शनः स्यात् सः सर्वकर्मणि प्रयोजनमपश्यन् ससाधनं कर्म परित्यजत्येव। सः कुतश्चित् निमित्तात् कर्मपरित्यागासंभवे सति कर्मणि तत्फले च सङ्गरहिततया स्वप्रयोजनाभावात् लोकसंग्रहार्थं पूर्ववत् कर्मणि प्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित् करोति ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्मत्वात् तदीयं कर्म अकर्मैव संपद्यते इत्येतमर्थं दर्शयिष्यन् आह
62efa276ed27…Rāmānuja
4.19 In the case of an aspirant for release, all undertakings of actions in the form of obligatory, occasional and desiderative acts accomplished through the acisition of materials for their performance as also other works, are free from desire, i.e., are devoid of attachment to fruits. They are devoid of delusive identification. If the mind identifies the self with Prakrti and its Gunas, it is Sankalpa, i.e., 'delusive identification.' Genuine Karma Yoga is free from such identification. Such identification is overcome through contemplation on the real nature of the self as different from Prakrti. Those who know the truth call him a sage, who acts in this way and whose previous Karmas are thery burnt up by the fire of knowledge of the real nature of the self generated along with his actions. He is a true Karma Yogin. Thus that knowledge is involved in true Karma Yoga, is established. Sri Krsna elaborates this point again:
0e326a63d523…Swami Sivananda
4.19 यस्य whose? सर्वे all? समारम्भाः undertakings? कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः devoid of desires and purposes? ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणम् whose actions have been burnt by the fire of knowledge? तम् him? आहुः call? पण्डितम् a sage? बुधाः the wise.Commentary A sage performs actions only with a view to set an example to the masses. Though he works? he does nothing as he has no selfish interests? as his actions are burnt by the fire of wisdom which consists in the realisaion of inaction in action? through the knowledge of the Self or BrahmaJnana. BrahmaJnana is a mighty spiritual fire which consumes the results of all kinds of actions (Karmas)? good and bad? and makes the enlightened sage ite free from the bonds of action. The sage who leads a life of perfect renunciation does only what is reired for the bare existence of his body. (Cf.III.19IV.10IV.37).
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