Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 18.45
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 18.45 · 18 · Verse 45
Sanskrit Original
।।18.45।। --,स्वे स्वे यथोक्तलक्षणभेदे कर्मणि अभिरतः तत्परः संसिद्धिं स्वकर्मानुष्ठानात् अशुद्धिक्षये सति कायेन्द्रियाणां ज्ञाननिष्ठायोग्यतालक्षणां संसिद्धिं लभते प्राप्नोति नरः अधिकृतः पुरुषः किं स्वकर्मानुष्ठानत एव साक्षात् संसिद्धिः न कथं तर्हि स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा येन प्रकारेण विन्दति? तत् शृणु।।
18.45 Sve sve karmani abhiratah, being devoted to his own duty, which has different characteristics as stated above; narah, man, the person alified therefor; labhate, attains; samsiddhim, complete success, characterized as the ability for steadfastness in Knowledge, which follows from the elimination of the impurities of body and mind as a result of fulfilling his own duty. Does the complete success follow merely from the fulfilment of one's own duty? No. How then? Srnu, hear; tat, that; yatha, as to how, through what means; sva-karma-niratah, one devoted to his own duty; vindati, acheives; siddim, success.