Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.31
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.31 · 3 · Verse 31
Sanskrit Original
।।3.31 3.32।।फलमाह ये म इति। ये त्वेवं निवृत्तकर्मिणस्तेऽपि मुच्यन्ते ज्ञानद्वारा किम्वपरोक्षज्ञानिनः न तु साधनान्तरमुच्यते।निवृत्तादीनि कर्माणि ह्यपरोक्षेशदृष्टये। अपरोक्षेशदृष्टिस्तु मुक्तौ किञ्चिन्न मार्गते। सर्वं तदन्तराऽधाय मुक्तये साधनं भवेत्। न किञ्चिदन्तराधाय निर्वाणायापरोक्षदृक् इति ह्युक्तं नारायणाष्टाक्षरकल्पे। अत एव समुच्चयनिमयो निराकृतः।
He says the fruit is Mine. Even those who have renounced actions are not freed merely by jñāna; direct realization (aparokṣa) — not separation of means — liberates. Deeds of renunciation are meant for the vision of the aparokṣa; but the vision of the aparokṣa itself does not travel any path to liberation. All must be directed inwardly so that means become for liberation. The Narayana-Ashtakshara-Kalpa states that the aparokṣa seer does not undertake anything otherwise for nirvāṇa. Hence the rule of aggregation is rejected.