Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 82

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-3 Karma Yogaḥ

arjuna uvāca jyāyasī cet karmaṇaste matā buddhir-janārdana | tat kiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava || 1 ||   Arjuna said: 1. If, O Krishna you consider that Buddhi (mind-development) is superior to Karma (action), why do you urge me to engage in this terrible deed? Commentary If the steadfast practice of meditation is the only means to Self-realisation, then how can one accept the idea that commitment to action (Karma Yoga) also leads to Self-realisation? — this is the question. It was taught before that steadfast dedication to mind-development as the means to attain Self-realisation would arise through the cessation of activities of the senses, including mental activity in relation to their respective objects such as sound etc. If Selfrealisation is to be attained through the cessation of the activities of the senses, then surely I should be encouraged to relinquish all actions and engage myself solely in the practice of meditation. Why then, do you encourage me to engage in this dreadful deed, which is a senseactivity and is thus an obstacle to Self-realisation?