Bhagavad Gita · Karma YogaAdhyaay 3, Shloka 24 (3.24)

Do parinaam. (1) Utsīdeyuḥ — lok bikhar jaayenge; (2) saṅkarasya kartā — avyavastha ka kaaran.

Shankaracharya: loka-sthiti-nimittasya karmaṇaḥ abhāvāt — lok ki sthiti (vyavastha) ke kaaran-roop karm ke abhaav se lok nasht honge. Aur main prajānām anugrahāya pravṛttaḥ — prajaaon par kripa ke liye pravritt hokar bhi unka upahanana (naash) karunga — mama īśvarasya ananurūpam āpadyeta — jo mujh Ishvara ke anuroop nahin.

Aacharya Ramanuja: Shreshth log, jinka dharma ka nishchay mad-ācārāyatta — mere aacharan par nirbhar — hai, mere kul-uchit karm na karne par, karm na karke hi nasht honge; śāstrīyācārāṇām apālanāt sarveṣāṃ śiṣṭa-kulānāṃ saṅkarasya ca kartā syām — shaastreeya aachaar ke paalan na hone se sab shreshth kulon mein avyavastha ka kaaran banunga. Aur woh seedhe Arjuna par laagu karte hain: tum bhi — shreshth logon mein agrani Pandu-putra, Yudhishthira ke anuj Arjuna — agar gyaan-nishtha mein lag jaao, to tumhara anusaran karne wale adhoore-gyaani mumukshu bhi, apna adhikaar na jaan kar, karm-nishtha chhod kar nasht honge.

"Saṅkara" — sandarbh ke saath. Paramparaagat tikaon mein "saṅkara" ka sambandh shaastreeya aachaar aur saamajik-paarivaarik maryaada (aur varna-vyavastha) ke bigadne se hai. Is pustak mein ise saamajik avyavastha — jab aadarsh vyakti kartavya chhodte hain to samaaj ki maryaadaayein tootna — ke roop mein samjhaaya gaya hai; ise kisi jaati-shuddhata ya bhedbhaav ke niyam ke roop mein padhna shloka ke bhaav ke viruddh hai (dekhein Adhyay 1, 1.41–1.43 ki tippani).