Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 111

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-3 Karma Yogaḥ

ye me matam idaṃ nityam anu-tiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ | śraddhāvanto’nasūyanto mucyante te’pi karmabhiḥ || 31 || 31. Those people who, full of faith ever practice this teaching of Mine and those who receive it without caviling — even they will be released from Karma. Commentary There are those persons who are qualified to understand the Shastra and decide for themselves what My doctrine is, and follow it accordingly; there are others who while having faith in the teaching of the Shastra never practice it. And there are still others who, even though they have no faith, do not cavil at it, ie., they do not find any fault in the noble Shastra. All these persons are freed from Karmas which exist from beginingless time and which cause bondage. By the term, api (even) in 'te'pi karmabhih' ('even they from Karmas……'), [indicates that] these persons are divided into three groups; in other words those who, even if they do not practice but still believe in this teaching of the Shastra and do not cavil at it, will be absolved of their sins by their faith and absence of fault-finding. For if they have faith they will, before long, take to the practice of this teaching and will attain liberation.