Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 3.26
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 3.26 · 3 · Verse 26
Sanskrit Original
।।3.26।।अज्ञानाम् आत्मन्यकृत्स्नवित्तया ज्ञानयोगोपादानाशक्तानां मुमुक्षूणां कर्मसङ्गिनाम् अनादिकर्मवासनया कर्मणि एव नियतत्वेन कर्मयोगाधिकारिणांकर्मयोगाद् अन्यथात्मावलोकनम् अस्ति इति न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेत्। किं तर्हि आत्मनि कृत्स्नवित्तया ज्ञानयोगशक्तः अपि पूर्वोक्तरीत्याकर्मयोग एव ज्ञानयोगनिरपेक्ष आत्मावलोकनसाधनम् इति बुद्ध्या युक्तः कर्म एव आचरन् सर्वकर्मसु अकृत्स्नविदां प्रीतिं जनयेत्।अथ कर्मयोगम् अनुतिष्ठतो विदुषः अविदुषश्च विशेषं प्रदर्शयन् कर्मयोगापेक्षितम् आत्मनः अकर्तृत्वानुसन्धानप्रकारम् उपदिशति
3.26 Do not bewilder the minds of ignorant aspirants by saying that there is, besides Karma Yoga, another way to the vision of the self. They cannot practise Jnana Yoga on account of their incomplete knowledge of the self, and attachment to action. They are alified for Karma Yoga because of their being fit only for activity on account of the subtle impressions of their beginningless Karma. What then follows from this? It is this: Even though one is alified for Jnana Yoga because of the complete knowledge of the self, one should do work, holding the view as said previously, that Karma Yoga by itself without Jnana Yoga is an independent means for the vision of the self. He should thus generate love for all types of activity among those who do not know the complete truth. Sri Krsna declares (in the verses 27 to 30) the way in which the self is to be contemplated on as not being an agent as reired by Karma Yoga, after demonstrating the difference between the enlightened and unenlightened among those practising Karma Yoga.