Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 4.20
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 4.20 · 4 · Verse 20
Sanskrit Original
।।4.20।।कर्मफलासङ्गं त्यक्त्वा नित्यतृप्तो नित्ये स्वात्मनि एव तृप्तः निराश्रयः अस्थिरप्रकृतौ आश्रयबुद्धिरहितो यः कर्माणि करोति। स कर्मणि आभिमुख्येन प्रवृत्तः अपि न एव किञ्चित् कर्म करोति कर्मापदेशेन ज्ञानाभ्यासम् एव करोति इत्यर्थः।पुनः अपि कर्मणा ज्ञानाकारता एव विशोध्यते
4.20 Whoever performs actions, renouncing attachment to their fruits and is satisfied with the eternal, i.e., satisfied with his own self, and dependent on none, i.e., devoid of dependence on transient Prakrti (body and external nature) - such a perosn, even though fully engaged in actions, does not act at all. He is engaged in the practice of knowledge under the form of action. Again, Karma, having the form of knowledge, is examined: