Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.1
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.1 · 3 · Verse 1
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।।3.1।।आत्मस्वरूपं ज्ञानसाधनं चोक्तं पूर्वत्र। ज्ञानसाधनत्वेनाकर्म विनिन्द्य कर्म विधीयत उत्तराध्याये। कर्मणो ज्ञानमत्युत्तममित्यभिहितं भगवतादूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म 2।49 इत्यादौ। एवं चेत्किमिति कर्मणि घोरे युद्धाख्ये नियोजयसि निवृत्तधर्मान्विना इत्याह ज्यायसीति। कर्मणः सकाशाद्बुद्धिर्ज्यायसी चेत्ते तव मता तत्तर्हि।
The self’s nature and the means of knowledge were taught earlier. Since knowledge alone makes action blameworthy when it removes duty, in the next chapter action is enjoined because action is inferior (avara) compared with the supreme knowledge (karman 2.49). If you ask, ‘If so, why then do you engage me in dreadful warfare without permitting withdrawal from duty?’—he answers: if direct discrimination (buddhi) in action were superior, then your view would hold; otherwise (it is as stated).