Bhagavad Gita · Karma YogaChapter 3, Shloka 32 (3.32)

Three descriptions. Sarva-jñāna-vimūḍha — confused in every kind of knowledge; naṣṭa — ruined; acetas — without discernment.

Shankaracharya: abhyasūyantaḥ nindantaḥ — finding fault, criticising; sarveṣu jñāneṣu vividhaṃ mūḍhāḥ — deluded in many ways in all kinds of knowledge; acetasaḥ avivekinaḥ (without discernment).

Acharya Ramanuja — what "my teaching" is. Ramanuja here gives the essence of the "teaching": sarvam ātma-vastu mac-charīratayā mad-ādhāraṃ mac-cheṣa-bhūtaṃ mad-eka-pravarttyam — all selves, being my body, rest on me, are subordinate to me (sheṣa), and are moved by me alone — those who do not act with this understanding, or have no faith, or find fault, are deluded. Cetaḥ-kāryaṃ hi vastu-yāthātmya-niścayaḥ — the work of the mind (chitta) is to ascertain the truth of things; for lack of that they are acetas.

Ramanuja's summary (end of 3.32): The agency of a soul bound up with prakriti comes from the gunas, and it is subject to the Supreme Person — knowing this, a person fit for both karma-yoga and jnana-yoga karma-yoga eva kartavyaḥ — should practise karma-yoga: because it is suśaka (simple), apramāda (free from error), contains knowledge of the self and is (therefore) independent; whereas jnana-yoga is difficult, full of pitfalls, and depends on action to sustain the body. In the rest of the chapter the difficulty of jnana-yoga will be described.