Gita Bhashya -Sankara 127

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -3

Na buddhi-bhedamjanayed-apīānam karma-samginām Josayetsarva-karmāñi vidvan-yuktah samācaran 26. The wise man should not cause disturbance of the understanding of the un-enlightened, attached to action ; he should engage them in all actions, per­ forming (them) diligently. The wise man should not cause, bring about, the disturbance, unsteadiness, of the understanding which has taken the resolute form This act must be performed by me and I must enjoy its fruit", of the un-enlightened, those devoid of discrimination, attached to action, clinging to activity; but, what should he do? he should engage them in, make them perform, all actions, himself performing them, the very same actions of the ignorant, diligently, proficiently. How the ignorant man clings to activity is now being stated - Prakrteh kriyamānāni gunaih karmāni sarvaśah Ahariikāra vimūcihātmā kartāham-ili manyate 27. Actions are everywhere performed by the Gunas of Prakrti ; (but) the man whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks : 'I am the doer".