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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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Chapter 6<br />

6.1 The Blessed Lord said -- He who performs an<br />

action which is his duty, without depending on the<br />

result of action, he is a monk and a yogi; (but) not<br />

(so in) he who does not keep a fire and is<br />

actionless.<br />

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

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

6.1 Anasritah, without depending on;-on what?-on<br />

that which is karma-phalam, the result of action-<br />

i.e. without craving for the result of action-. He<br />

who craves for the results of actions becomes<br />

dependent on the results of actions. But this person<br />

is the opposite of such a one. Hence (it is said),<br />

'wihtout depending on the result of action. Having<br />

become so, yah he who; karoti, performs<br />

accomplishes; (karma, an action;) which is his<br />

karyam, duty, the nityakarmas such as Agnihotra<br />

etc. which are opposed to the kamya-karmas-.<br />

Whoever is a man of action of this kind is<br />

distinguished from the other men of action. In<br />

order to express this idea the Lord says, sah, he ; is<br />

a sannyasi, monk, and a yogi. Sanyyasa, means<br />

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