Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.9
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.9 · 3 · Verse 9
Sanskrit Original
।।3.9।।कर्मणा बध्यते जन्तुः म.भा.12।241।7 इति कर्म बन्धकं स्मृतमित्यत आह यज्ञार्थादिति। कर्म बन्धनं यस्य लोकस्य स कर्मबन्धनः। यज्ञो विष्णुः यज्ञार्थं सङ्गरहितं कर्म न बन्धकमित्यर्थः।मुक्तसङ्ग इति सङ्ग विशेषणात् कामान्यः कामयते मुं.उ.3।2।2 इति श्रुतेश्चअनिष्टमिष्टं 18।12 इति वक्ष्यमाणत्वाच्चएतान्यपि तु कर्माणि 18।6 इति च तस्मान्नेष्टियाजुकः स्यात् बृ.उ.1।5।2 इति च विशेषवचनत्वे समेऽपि विशेषणं परिशिष्यते।
The phrase 'action binds the being' is remembered from the Mahābhāṣya: action is remembered as binding. That binding is action which concerns the world. 'Yajña is Vishnu'—actions performed for the sake of yajña, done without attachment, are not binding. 'Detached from attachment' is a qualification: one still may desire certain goals. The scriptures teach distinctions between auspicious and inauspicious actions; therefore not all actions are to be renounced. Special wording preserves specific distinctions.