Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

that in such texts as-'Extending to all creatures
immunity from fear' (Na. Par. 5.43), (one should
take recourse to freedom from action)-, it is shown
that attainment of freedom from action follows
even from the renunciation of obligatory duties?
And in the world, too, it is a better known fact that
freedom from action follows abstention from
actions. Hence also arises the question, 'Why
should one who desires freedom from action
undertake action?' Reply: Therefore the Lord said:
Na ca, nor; samadhi-gacchati, does he attain;
siddhim, fulfilment steadfastness in the Yoga of
Knowledge, characterized by freedom from action;
sannyasanat eva, merely through renunciationeven
from the mere renunciation of actions which
is devoid of Knowledge. What, again, is the reason
that by the mere giving up of actions which is not
accompanied with Knowledge, a person does not
attain fulfulment in the form of freedom from
actions? To this query seeking to know the cause,
the Lord says:
3.5 Because, no one ever remains even for a
moment without doing work. For all are made to
work under compulsion by the gunas born of
Nature.
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