Sanskrit · Devanagari
गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः। यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882The acts of one who is devoid of attachment who is free whose mind is fixed on knowledge and who performs action for (the purpose of) the sacrifice are all destroyed.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।4.23।। गतसङ्गस्य सर्वतोनिवृत्तासक्तेः मुक्तस्य निवृत्तधर्माधर्मादिबन्धनस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः ज्ञाने एव अवस्थितं चेतः यस्य सोऽयं ज्ञानावस्थितचेताः तस्य यज्ञाय यज्ञनिर्वृत्त्यर्थम् आचरतः निर्वर्तयतः कर्म समग्रं सह अग्रेण फलेन वर्तते इति समग्रं कर्म तत् समग्रं प्रविलीयते विनश्यति इत्यर्थः।।कस्मात् पुनः कारणात् क्रियमाणं कर्म स्वकार्यारम्भम् अकुर्वत् समग्रं प्रविलीयते इत्युच्यते यतः
866d157db254…Rāmānuja
4.23 Of a person whose attachment to all objects is gone because of his mind being established in the knowledge of the self, who is therefore liberated from accepting all worldly possessions and who is engaged in the performance of sacrifices etc., as described above - in the case of such a person his beginningless load of Karma, which is the cause of his bondgae, is completely dissolved, i.e., destroyed without leaving any residue. So far the nature of Karma as having the form of knowledge has been described as emerging from constant contemplation on the nature of the self as different from Prakrti. And now Sri Krsna says that all actions together with their ancillaries, have the form of knowledge because of constant contemplation by the aspirant on the Supreme Person who is the Supreme Brahman, as being his soul.
6e0b46df30bb…Swami Sivananda
4.23 गतसङ्गस्य one who is devoid of attachment? मुक्तस्य of the liberated? ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः whose mind is established in knowledge? यज्ञाय for sacrifice? आचरतः acting? कर्म action? समग्रम् whole? प्रविलीयते is dissolved.Commentary One who is free from attachment? who is liberated from the bonds of Karma? whose mind is centred and rooted in wisdom? who performs actions for the sake of sacrifice? in order to please the Lord -- all his actions with their results melt away. His actions are reduced to nothing. They are? in fact? no actions at all.
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