Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 5.1
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 5.1 · 5 · Verse 1
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।।5.1।।तृतीयाध्यायोक्तमेव कर्मयोगं प्रपञ्चयत्यनेनाध्यायेनयदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टः 4।22 इत्यादिसन्न्यासंकुरु कर्मैव 4।15 इत्यादि कर्मयोगं च। नियमनादिना सकललोककर्षणात्कृष्णः। तच्चोक्तम् यतः कर्षसि देवेश नियम्य सकलं जगत्। अतो वदन्ति मुनयः कृष्णं त्वां ब्रह्मवादिनः इति महाकौर्मे। सन्न्यासशब्दार्थं भगवानेव वक्ष्यति। अयं प्रश्नाशयः यदि सन्न्यासः श्रेयोऽधिकः स्यात् तर्हि सन्न्यासस्येषद्विरोधि युद्धमिति।
The third chapter teaches karma-yoga; this chapter expounds that which is concerned with it. If one is satisfied by accidental gain, this is renunciation (śramaṇa) — see 4.22 and so on. Otherwise, ‘renounce through action’ (4.15) — that is also karma-yoga. Because Krishna draws the whole world by regulation, it is said: ‘You draw (yathā karṣasi), O Lord of gods, by regulating the entire universe.’ Hence the sages say, ‘O Kaurma, the brahminical teachers call you Krishna, the expounder of Brahman.’ The meaning of the word sannyāsa will be declared by the Lord himself. The question here is: if sannyāsa were superior, then it would be proper to fight against one who opposes sannyāsa.