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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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Chapter 3<br />

3.1 Arjuna said -- O Janardana (krsna), if it be Your<br />

opinion that wisdom is superior to action, why<br />

they do you urge me to horrible aciton, O Kesava ?<br />

English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit<br />

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

3.1 O Janardana, cet, if it be; te, Your; mata,<br />

opinion, intention; that buddhih, Wisdom; jyayasi,<br />

is superior; karmanah, to action-. If the<br />

combination of Wisdom and action be intended (by<br />

the Lord), then the means to Liberation is only one.<br />

[The path combining Wisdom and action.] In that<br />

case, Arjuna would have done something illogical<br />

in separating Wisdom from action by saying that<br />

Wisdom is superior to action. For, that (Wisdom or<br />

action, which is a constituent of the combination)<br />

cannot be greater than that (Combination, even)<br />

from the point of view of the result. [Since what is<br />

intended is a combination, therefore, the separation<br />

of Knowledge from action, from the point of view<br />

of the result, is not justifiable. When Knowledge<br />

and action are considered to form together a single<br />

means to Liberation, in that case each of them<br />

cannot be considered separately as producing its<br />

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