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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -18
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Therefore, it is on no account proper to deny the production of unseen results with respect to nitya-karmas. And, it is thus settled that Knowledge aione can bring about the complete destruction of actions, good and evil, caused by avidyā, and not the performance of nitya-karma^. For, all karma does originate from avidyā (nescience) and kāma (desire). It has been so established-that the path of action (karma-yoga) pertains to the un-enlightencd and that the devotion to Knowledge (jñānanisthd) accompanied with renunciation of all works pertains to the wise: (vide passages such as the following):- "Neither of these knows"[1]; "The man who knows This to be indestructible...."[2]; "By Jñāna-yoga for the SSmkhyas, (and) by karma-yoga for the yogins"[3]; "Of the un-cnlightcncd, attached to action"[4]; |
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