।।3.4।।न शास्त्रीयाणां कर्मणाम् अनारम्भाद् एव पुरुषः नैष्कर्म्यं ज्ञाननिष्ठाम् आप्नोति सर्वेन्द्रियव्यापाराख्यकर्मोपरतिपूर्विकां ज्ञाननिष्ठां न प्राप्नोति इत्यर्थः। न च आरब्धस्य शास्त्रीयस्य कर्मणः त्यागात् यतः अनभिसंहितफलस्य परमपुरुषाराधनविषयस्य कर्मणः सिद्धिः आत्मनिष्ठा स्यात् अतः तेन विना तां न प्राप्नोति अनभिसंहितफलैः कर्मभिः अनाराधितगोविन्दैः अविनष्टानादिकालप्रवृत्तानन्तपापसंचयैः अव्याकुलेन्द्रियतापूर्विका आत्मनिष्ठा दुःसंपाद्या।एतद् एव उपपादयति
3.4 Not by non-performance of the acts prescribed by the scriptures, does a person attain freedom from Karma, i.e., Jnana Yoga; nor by ceasing to perform such actions as are prescribed in the scriptures and are already begun by him. For, success is achieved by actions done without attachment to the fruits and by way of worshipping the Supreme Person. Hence devoid of it (Karma-nistha), one does not achieve Jnana-nistha. By those persons who have not worshipped Govinda by acts done without attachment to fruits and whose beginningless and endless accumulation of evil has not been annulled thery, constant contemplation on the self is not possible. It can be done only if it is preceded by the attainment of a state in which the operation of the senses have been freed from disturbance.
This view is put forward by the Lord:
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