Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 1-9979 · Verses 8915-8934

karmaṇā manasā vācā yatnāddharmaṃ samācaret /
asvargyaṃ lokavidviṣṭaṃ dharmyamapyācaren na tu //

karmaṇā manasā vācā yadabhīkṣṇaṃ niṣevate /
tadevāpaharatyenaṃ tasmāt kalyāṇamācaret //
karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvabhūteṣu sarvadā /
akleśajananaṃ proktaṃ tvahiṃsā paramarṣibhiḥ //

karmaṇāmiṣṭaduṣṭānāṃ jāyate phalasaṃkṣayaḥ /
cetaso'rthakaṣāyatvād yatra sā ghvastirucyate //
karmaṇā mohanīyena mohitaṃ sakalaṃ jagat /
dhanyā mohaṃ samutsārya tapasyanti mahādhiyaḥ //

karmaṇā yena teneha mṛdunā dāruṇena vā /
uddhared dīnamātmānaṃ samartho dharmamācaret //

karmaṇā rahitaṃ jñānaṃ paṅgunā sadṛśaṃ bhavet /
na tena prāpyate kiṃcit na ca kiṃcit prasādhyate //

evaṃ jñānena hīnaṃ yat karmāndhena samaṃ smṛtam /
mārgo vā mārgalakṣyaṃ vā naiva tasya pratīyate //

karmaṇā manasā vācā kartavyaṃ karma kurvataḥ /
tasmādeveṣṭasaṃsiddhiś caturasrā prajāyate //

karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥ /
lokasaṃgrahamevāpi saṃpaśyan kartumarhasi //

karmaṇo'pi pradhānatvaṃ kiṃ kurvanti śubhā grahāḥ /
vasiṣṭhadattalagne'pi jānakī duḥkhabhāginī //

karmaṇo yasya yaḥ kālaḥ tatkālavyāpinī tithiḥ /
tayā karmāṇi kurvīta hrāsavṛddhiṃ na kārayet //

karmaṇo hi pradhānena buddhinā kiṃ prayojanam /
pāṣāṇasya kuto buddhis tato devo bhaviṣyati //

karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ /
akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ //

karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśyed akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ /
sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsnakarmakṛt //

karmaṇyakarmavidhireṣa yadācaranti karmāṇi tattadanubandhajihāsayeti /
satyaṃ tathāpyabhinavo bhavitā na bandhaḥ prācīnabandhaharaṇe ka ivābhyupāyaḥ //

karmaṇyakovidāḥ stabdhā mūrkhāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ /
vadanti cāṭukān mūḍhā yayā mādhvyā girotsukāḥ //

karmaṇyevādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana /
mā karmaphalaheturbhūr mā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi //

karma tyajema yadi nūnamadhaḥ patema yadyācarema na kadāpi bhavaṃ tarema /
karma tyajediti carediti ca pravṛttā bhāvena kena nigamā iti na pratīmaḥ //

karmadāyādaval lokaḥ karmasaṃbandhalakṣaṇaḥ /
karmāṇi codayantīha yathānyonyaṃ tathā vayam //

karmabrahmavicāraṇāṃ vijahato bhogāpavargapradāṃ ghoṣaṃ kaṃcana kaṇṭhaśoṣaphalakaṃ kurvantyamī tārkikāḥ /
pratyakṣaṃ na punāti nāpaharate pāpāni pīlucchaṭā vyaptirnāvati naiva pātyanumitirno pakṣatā rakṣati //

karmabhiḥ svairavāptasya janmanaḥ pitarau yathā /
rājñaṃ tathānye rājyasya pravṛttāveva kāraṇam //