Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 113

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-3 Karma Yogaḥ

sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter-jñānavān api | prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati || 33 || 33. Even an enlightened person acts in conformity to his own nature; beings follow their nature; what will restraint do? Commentary The fundamental nature of the ātman is different from Material Nature (Prakrti) — this awareness must be constantly maintained. Even one who knows this, continues to act in relation to material objects according to one’s own nature; ie. guided by previously acquired subliminal activators (samskāras). How is this? All beings act according to their own natures. Beings conjoined with insentient matter, all act according to predispositions which have accrued from time immemorial. What effect can the restraint enjoined by Shastras have on those who simply follow their natural predispositions?