Bhagavad Gita · Moksha Sannyasa YogaChapter 18, Shloka 22 (18.22)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
यत् तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन् कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम्
अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत् तामसमुदाहृतम्
॥ 18.22 ॥
yat tu kṛtsnavadekasmin kārye saktamahaitukam
atattvārthavadalpaṃ ca tat tāmasamudāhṛtam
Translation
"But the knowledge that clings to a single effect as if it were the whole — without reason, without grasp of the truth, and narrow — is called tamasic."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. ekasmin kārye dehe bahirvā pratimādau saktam etāvān eva ātmā īśvaro vā — taking the body alone to be the Self, or some single outer object to be the whole of God; his commentary also mentions nagnakṣapaṇakādīnāṃ (naked shramanas).
Acharya Ramanuja. ekasmin kartavye karmaṇi pretabhūtagaṇādyārādhanarūpe atyalpaphale kṛtsnaphalavat saktam.
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