Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.18
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.18 · 3 · Verse 18
Sanskrit Original
।।3.18।।तस्य कर्मकाले वक्तव्योऽहमिति कञ्चित्प्रत्युक्त्वा तत्कृतावात्मरत्यधिकः प्तमो वाऽर्थो नास्ति। न च सन्ध्याद्यकृतौ कश्चिद्दोषोऽस्ति। न चैतदपहाय सर्वभूतेषु कश्चित्प्रयोजनाश्रयः। अर्थो येन दर्शनादिना भवति सोऽर्थव्यपाश्रयः। ज्ञानमात्रेण यद्यपि प्रत्यवायो न भवति तदर्जुनस्यपि सममिति न तस्य कर्मोपदेशोपयोग्ये तद्भवति। ईषत्प्रारब्धानर्थसूचकं च तद्भवति। महच्चेद्वृत्रहत्यादिवत्।
When it is said, ‘I shall be declared at the time of action,’ after a partial objection, there is no meaning that the doer is superior in self‑delight. Nor is there fault if one omits sandhyā and similar rites. Those rites are not supports for some universal purpose among all beings; the purpose is that by which vision and so on arise—it is a support for that purpose. Even if knowledge alone were to remove all opposition, still for Arjuna both are alike, so it is not fit to teach only actionless knowledge. It may indicate a small fruit of fruitive results—like slaying Vṛtra.