Bhagavad Gita · Moksha Sannyasa YogaChapter 18, Shloka 45 (18.45)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः
स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु
॥ 18.45 ॥
sve sve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṃsiddhiṃ labhate naraḥ
svakarmanirataḥ siddhiṃ yathā vindati tacchṛṇu
Translation
"Devoted to their own work, a person attains perfection; hear how one devoted to their own work attains perfection."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. svakarmānuṣṭhānāt aśuddhikṣaye sati … jñānaniṣṭhāyogyatālakṣaṇāṃ saṃsiddhiṃ — when impurity is removed through one's own work, there comes fitness for steadfastness in knowledge.
Acharya Ramanuja. saṃsiddhiṃ paramapadaprāptiṃ.
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