Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 104

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-3 Karma Yogaḥ

yadi hyahaṃ varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ | mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ || 23 || 23. For if I did not continue to engage Myself in action, unwearied, O Arjuna, humankind would follow my example. Commentary I am the Lord of all, My sport consists in creation, sustentation and dissolution of the universe at My will, even though I incarnate at My pleasure as a human being to help the world— if I, thus incarnated in the family of Vasudeva who is the foremost among virtuous men, did not continue to act in a manner appropriate to the circumstance, untiring, at all times, then, these people with misconceptions would follow My example thinking that “the way adopted by the son of virtuous Vasudeva alone is the real way.” Instead of attaining Self-realisation, they would go to purgatory because of the error arising from neglect of duty.