Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Vijnana YogaChapter 7, Shloka 28 (7.28)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्
ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ता भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः
॥ 7.28 ॥
yeṣāṃ tvantagataṃ pāpaṃ janānāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
te dvandvamohanirmuktā bhajante māṃ dṛḍhavratāḥ
Translation
"But those people of virtuous deeds whose sin has come to an end, freed from the delusion of the pairs, worship me with firm vows."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Anta-gataṃ samāpta-prāyaṃ kṣīṇaṃ pāpam … puṇyaṃ karma yeṣāṃ sattva-śuddhi-kāraṇaṃ vidyate — sin is exhausted, and their virtuous deeds are a cause of purification of the mind; dṛḍha-vratāḥ … evam eva paramārtha-tattvaṃ nānyathā ity evaṃ sarva-parityāga-vratena niścita-vijñānāḥ — "this alone is the ultimate truth, not otherwise" — those with this settled knowledge and the vow of renouncing everything.
Acharya Ramanuja — three kinds of aspirants. Aneka-janmārjitena utkṛṣṭa-puṇya-saṃcayena … mad-aunmukhya-virodhi ca anādi-kāla-pravṛttaṃ pāpam anta-gataṃ — through the merit of many births, the beginningless sin that obstructs turning towards me is exhausted; jarā-maraṇa-mokṣāya prakṛti-viyuktātma-svarūpa-darśanāya mahate ca aiśvaryāya mat-prāptaye ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ … mām eva bhajante — for freedom from old age and death (vision of the self), for great prosperity, and to attain me — all three kinds, firm in their vows, worship me alone. Further on: teṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ … jñātavya-viśeṣān upādeyāṃś ca prastauti — he states the things these three need to know (7.29–7.30).
The difference: Here Ramanuja divides the four devotees of 7.16 into three kinds of aspirants (the seeker of prosperity, the seeker of kaivalya, the wise one), and uses this to explain the structure of 7.29–7.30 and of chapter 8.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.