BG 3.9 — Karma Yoga
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यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्रलोकोऽयंकर्मबन्धनः|तदर्थंकर्मकौन्तेयमुक्तसङ्गःसमाचर||३-९||
yajñārthātkarmaṇo.anyatra loko.ayaṃ karmabandhanaḥ . tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara ||3-9||
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र: for the sake of sacrifice | लोकोऽयं: the world | कर्मबन्धनः: bound by action | तदर्थं: for that sake | कर्म: action | कौन्तेय: O Kaunteya | मुक्तसङ्गः: free from attachment | समाचर: perform
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Sri Ramanujacharya Commentary▲
।।3.9।।यज्ञादिशास्त्रीयकर्मशेषभूताद् द्रव्यार्जनादेः कर्मणः अन्यत्र आत्मीयप्रयोजनशेषभूते कर्मणि क्रियमाणे अयं लोकः कर्मबन्धनो भवति। अतः त्वं यज्ञाद्यर्थं द्रव्यार्जनादिकं कर्म समाचर तत्र आत्मप्रयोजनसाधनतया यः सङ्गः तस्मात् सङ्गात् मुक्तः सन् समाचर।एवं मुक्तसङ्गेन यज्ञाद्यर्थतया कर्मणि क्रियमाणे यज्ञादिभिः कर्मभिः आराधितः परमपुरुषः अस्य अनादिकालप्रवृत्तकर्मवासनां समुच्छिद्य अव्याकुलात्मावलोकनं ददाति इत्यर्थः।यज्ञशिष्टेन एव सर्वपुरुषार्थसाधननिष्ठानां शरीरधारणकर्तव्यताम् अयज्ञशिष्टेन शरीरधारणं कुर्वतां दोषं च आह
3.9 The world is imprisoned by the bond of work only when work is done for personal ends, but not when work is performed or money acired for the purpose of sacrifice etc. prescribed in the scriptures. So, for the purpose of sacrifice, you must perform acts like the acisition of money. In doing so, overcome attachments generated by the pursuit of personal ambitions, and then do your work in the spirit of Yajna. When a person free from attachment does the work for the sake of sacrifices etc., the Supreme Person, propitiated by sacrifices etc., grants him the calm vision of the self after destroying the subtle impressions of his Karmas, which have continued from time without beginning. Sri Krsna stresses the need for sustenance of the body solely by the remnants of sacrifices in respect of those who are devoted to all ends of human life. He decries the sin of those who nourish the body by things other than the remnants of sacrifices:
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Sri Abhinav Gupta Commentary▲
।।3.9।।यतः यज्ञार्थात् इति। यज्ञार्थात् अवश्यकरणीयात् अन्यानि कर्माणि बन्धकानि। अवश्यकर्तव्यं ( omits अवश्यकर्तव्यम्) मुक्तफलसंगतया क्रियमाणं न फलदम्।
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