Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Vijnana YogaChapter 7, Shloka 29 (7.29)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये
ते ब्रह्म तद् विदुः कृत्स्नमध्यात्मं कर्म चाखिलम्
॥ 7.29 ॥
jarāmaraṇamokṣāya māmāśritya yatanti ye
te brahma tad viduḥ kṛtsnamadhyātmaṃ karma cākhilam
Translation
"Those who, taking refuge in me, strive for freedom from old age and death, know that Brahman, the whole of adhyatma (the self), and all of karma."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Jarā-maraṇayoḥ mokṣārthaṃ māṃ parameśvaram āśritya mat-samāhita-cittāḥ santaḥ yatanti — those who strive with minds collected in me; te yat brahma paraṃ tat viduḥ, kṛtsnaṃ samastam adhyātmaṃ pratyag-ātma-viṣayaṃ vastu tat viduḥ, karma ca akhilaṃ samastaṃ viduḥ — they know the supreme Brahman, every truth concerning the self, and all of karma.
Acharya Ramanuja. Jarā-maraṇa-mokṣāya prakṛti-viyuktātma-svarūpa-darśanāya — freedom from old age and death means the vision of the self's own nature freed from prakriti — those who strive for this (the seekers of kaivalya of 7.28) know Brahman, adhyatma and karma. (Detail in 8.3.)
The difference: For Ramanuja, 7.29 describes one particular kind of aspirant (one who seeks the kaivalya of the self); for Shankara, the seeker of liberation in general.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.