Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 5.13
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 5.13 · 5 · Verse 13
Sanskrit Original
।।5.13।।आत्मनः प्राचीनकर्ममूलदेहसम्बन्धप्रयुक्तम् इदं कर्मणां कर्तृत्वं न स्वरूपप्रयुक्तम् इति विवेकविषयेण मनसा सर्वाणि कर्माणि नवद्वारे पुरे सन्यस्य वशी देही स्वयं देहाधिष्ठानप्रयत्नम् अकुर्वन् देहेन न एव कारयन् सुखम् आस्ते।साक्षाद् आत्मनः स्वाभाविकरूपम् आह
5.13 The embodied self who is self-controlled, renounces all actions to the city of nine gates, i.e., the body with its sensory and motor functions which are nine in number. He discriminates that all actions are due to conjunction of the self with the body which is rooted in previous Karmas, and is not by Its own nature. [It means that the self merely rests in the body, without any identification with bodily activities.] Sri Krsna now teaches the natural condition of the self as It is: