Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa YogaAdhyaay 4, Shloka 15 (4.15)
Mool Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः
कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात् त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम्
॥ 4.15 ॥
evaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvairapi mumukṣubhiḥ
kuru karmaiva tasmāt tvaṃ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam
Anuvaad
"Is prakaar jaan kar pehle ke mumukshuon ne bhi karm kiya; isliye tum bhi wahi karm karo jo poorvajon ne bahut pehle se kiya hai."
Bhaavaarth
"Evaṃ jñātvā" — is gyaan ke saath karm. Gyaan karm ko rokta nahin; uski drishti badalta hai.
Shankaracharya: kuru tena karmaiva tvam, na tūṣṇīm āsanaṃ nāpi saṃnyāsaḥ kartavyaḥ — isliye tum karm hi karo; chup baithna ya sannyaas tumhare liye kartavya nahin. Yadi anātmajñaḥ tvaṃ tadā ātma-śuddhy-artham, tattvavic cet loka-saṅgrahārtham — agar tum aatma-gyaani nahin ho to aatma-shuddhi ke liye, aur agar tattvagya ho to lok-sangrah ke liye. Pūrvaiḥ janakādibhiḥ.
Aacharya Ramanuja: evaṃ māṃ jñātvā api vimukta-pāpaiḥ pūrvaiḥ api mumukṣubhiḥ uktalakṣaṇaṃ karma kṛtam — mujhe aisa jaan kar, paap se mukt pehle ke mumukshuon ne bhi aisa karm kiya; isliye tum bhi — mad-viṣaya-jñāna-vidhūta-pāpaḥ — mere gyaan se paap dho kar — pūrvaiḥ vivasvan-manvādibhiḥ kṛtam — Vivasvan, Manu aadi ka kiya hua karm hi karo. Aur agle shloka ki bhoomika: vakṣyamāṇasya karmaṇo durjñānatām āha — aage kahe jaane wale karm (ke svaroop) ki kathinaai batate hain.