Bhagavadgītā-4comm with the commentaries · Chapter 49

madhusūdanaḥ :
yoga-sūtraṃ tribhiḥ ślokaiḥ pañcamānte yad īritam |
ṣaṣṭhas tv ārabhyate 'dhyāyas tad-vyākhyānāya vistarāt ||
tatra sarva-karma-tyāgena yogaṃ vidhāsyaṃs tyājyatvena hīnatvam āśaṅkya karma-yogaṃ stauti anāśrita iti dvābhyām | karmaṇāṃ phalam āśrito 'napekṣamāṇaḥ phalābhisaṃdhi-rahitaḥ san kāryaṃ kartavyatayā śāstreṇa vihitaṃ nityam agnihotrādi karma karoti yaḥ sa karmy api san saṃnyāsī ca yogī ceti stūyate |
sannyāso hi thyāgaḥ | citta-gata-vikṣepābhāvaś ca yogaḥ | tau cāsya vidyete phala-tyāgāt phala-tṛṣṇā-rūpa-citta-vikṣepābhāvāc ca | karma-phala-tṛṣṇā-tyāga evātra gauṇyā vṛttyā saṃnyāsa-yoga-śabdābhyām abhidhīyate sakāmānapekṣya prāśastya-kathanāya | avaśyambhāvinau hi niṣkāma-karmānuṣṭhātur mukhyau saṃnyāsa-yogau | tasmād ayaṃ yadyapi na niragnir agni-sādhya-śrauta-karma-tyāgī na bhavati, na cākriyo 'gni-nirapekṣa-smārta-kriyā-tyāgī ca na bhavati | tathāpi saṃnyāsī yogī ceti mantavyaḥ |
athavā na niragnir na cākriyaḥ saṃnyāsī yogī ceti mantavyaḥ | kintu sāgniḥ sakriyaś ca niṣkāma-karmānuṣṭhāyī saṃnyāsī yogī ceti mantavya iti stūyate | apaśavo vā anye go-aśvebhyaḥ paśavo go-aśvān ity atreva praśaṃsā-lakṣaṇayā nañ-anvayopapattiḥ | atra cākriya ity anenaiva sarva-karma-saṃnyāsini labdhe niragnir iti vyarthaṃ syād ity agni-śabdena sarvāṇi karmāṇy upalakṣya niragnir iti saṃnyāsī kriyā-śabdena citta-vṛttīr upalakṣyākriya iti niruddha-citta-vṛttir yogī ca kathyate | tena na niragniḥ saṃnyāsī mantavyo na cākriyo yogī mantavya iti yathā-saṅkhyam ubhaya-vyatireko darśanīyaḥ | evaṃ sati nañ-dvayam apy upapannam
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