Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 146

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-4 Jñāna Vibhāga Yogaḥ

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gata-saṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthita cetasaḥ |
yajñāyā-carataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate || 23 ||

23. The Karma of one who is free from attachments, who is liberated, whose mind is established in
wisdom, who acts only for sacrifice, is entirely dissolved.

Commentary

When a person's mind has become fixed in Self-realisation, a state of complete nonattachment to any object arises. One is therefore liberated from the concept of possession, and works only to please the Divine, in the manner described earlier — thus, the perpetual accumulation of Karma, which is the cause of bondage, is completely dissolved without leaving any residue.

This far, the nature of action as wisdom-in-action has been described being based upon a constant awareness of the true nature of the ātman as different from the body. Now Sri Krishna says that all actions together with their ancillaries, are a form of wisdompractice because of the constant contemplation by the aspirant, on the Supreme Person who is the same as the Absolute Reality (Brahman), as being his inner Self.

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