Bhagavad Gita · Moksha Sannyasa YogaChapter 18, Shloka 46 (18.46)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम्
स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः
॥ 18.46 ॥
yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam
svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ
Translation
"By worshipping through their own work the One from whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded, a person attains perfection."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. svakarmaṇā … tam īśvaraṃ abhyarcya.
Acharya Ramanuja. svakarmaṇāṃ taṃ mām indrādyantarātmatayāvasthitam abhyarcya.
Shridhara Swami. yato 'ntaryāmiṇaḥ parameśvarād bhūtānāṃ prāṇināṃ pravṛttiś ceṣṭā bhavati — the inner controller, the Supreme Lord, from whom every movement of living beings comes; tam īśvaraṃ svakarmaṇā 'bhyarcya pūjayitvā siddhiṃ labhate manuṣyaḥ — worshipping Him through one's own work, a person attains perfection.
Madhusudana Saraswati. The authority of the Taittiriya: yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante, yena jātāni jīvanti — that from which all beings are born, by which they live; and he takes it as upādānān nimittāc ca — both the material and the efficient cause.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.