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    "devanāgarī": "कर्मण्य् अकर्म यः पश्येद् अकर्मणि च कर्म यः | स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्न-कर्म-कृत्",
    "iast": "karmaṇy akarma yaḥ paśyed akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ | sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsna-karma-kṛt",
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      "english_rendering": "All bodily movement is kārya-karaṇa (instrument-action) superimposed by avidyā (ignorance) onto the actionless ātman; just as a passenger on a boat wrongly sees riverbank trees moving backward, the paṇḍita recognises that apparent activity never touches the ātman, which is nityaniṣkriya (eternally inactive). Conversely, the person who rests quiet thinking 'tūṣṇīṃ sukham āse' (I sit happily doing nothing) still sustains the ahaṅkāra (I-sense), which is itself karma binding as any overt act. He alone who perceives akarma in karma and karma in apparent akarma is buddhimān (the discerning one) — liberated already, kṛtsna-karma-kṛt (fulfiller of all action) because the ātman is never an agent in the first place.",
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      "english_rendering": "While any action is being performed, the jīva (individual soul) — which is cit-pratibimba (a reflection of consciousness, distinct from and dependent on Viṣṇu) — perceives that the real agent is Viṣṇu alone: 'viṣṇor eva karma, na ahaṃ kiñcit karomi' (this is Viṣṇu's action, I do nothing). Even in the state of complete inaction — as in deep sleep — the one who perceives that Parameśvara continues His perpetual creation-activity ('ayam eva sarvaṃ karoti') is buddhimān (the knower). That recognition itself makes the jīva kṛtsna-karma-kṛt because Hari's completeness encompasses all fruit.",
      "divergence_note": "Madhva's gloss: 'viṣṇor eva karma nāhaṃ cit-pratibimbaḥ kiñcit karomi' and 'sarvadā sarva-sṛṣṭy-ādikaṃ karoti'."
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      "english_rendering": "Vallabha reads this verse as revealing kriyā-dvaita (the non-duality of action), pointing to the śruti 'sarvaṃ khalv idaṃ brahma' (all this is indeed Brahman, Chāndogya 3.14.1): the uttamādhikārin (highest-grade devotee) sees even Vedic-prescribed yajña-karma as nirbandha-rahita (free of compulsion), saturated with Brahman, hence akarma in ultimate register. For the apakṛṣṭādhikārin (lesser devotee), what appears as ordinary inactivity is in fact the most binding karma, since all kṛṣṇa-līlā-prasāda (grace-play of Kṛṣṇa) perceived as mere vacancy is lost. He who perceives this mutual reversal — karma as akarma for the highest, akarma as karma for the lowest — is the truly yuktaḥ, for within Kṛṣṇa's delight all karma-phala (fruits of action) are already antarabhūta (contained within).",
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      "english_rendering": "Śrīdhara takes karma in its primary devotional sense as Parameśvara-ārādhana-lakṣaṇa karma (action characterised by worship of the Supreme Lord): such action, being jñāna-hetu (a cause of knowledge) rather than a cause of bondage, is rightly seen as akarma — 'na bhavati iti yaḥ paśyet' (he who sees 'this is not karma [in the binding sense]'). Omission of prescribed action is genuinely karma because it generates pratyavāya (counter-sin), a binding result. The one who holds both truths together is buddhimān among all humans, for in that single Parameśvara-ārādhana every karma-phala is already contained — 'sarvataḥ sampluteodakasthānīye tasmin karmaṇi sarva-karma-phalānām antarbhūtatvāt' (as in a reservoir that has overflowed all sides, all karma-fruits are included within it).",
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    "If inaction is itself a form of action (as Śaṅkara's boat-passenger analogy implies), can there ever be a moment of genuine rest — or is the aspiration to rest already another karmic move?",
    "Rāmānuja insists karma and jñāna are co-present when ātma-yāthātmya-anusandhāna is active: does this dissolve the common opposition between karma-yoga and jñāna-yoga, or merely restate it at a higher register?",
    "Madhva's reading makes agency entirely Viṣṇu's: how does moral responsibility function for the jīva if it is never the real doer — and what distinguishes sincere surrender from passive excuse-making?",
    "Vallabha's two-tier model (uttama/apakṛṣṭa adhikārin) implies that the same outer behaviour — say, sitting quietly — is liberation for one person and bondage for another. How would a teacher or student know which tier applies to themselves?",
    "Madhusūdana offers the paramārtha reading that even jñāna-karma (the act of knowing) is karma imposed on the self: if the perceiving act is itself a contraction of cit, what does it even mean to 'see' akarma in karma — who or what is doing that seeing?",
    "All six schools agree the kṛtsna-karma-kṛt (fulfiller of all action) is someone who has understood this verse — yet each school defines that fulfilment differently. Can a single person simultaneously satisfy all six definitions, or are they genuinely exclusive paths?",
    "The verse uses paśyed (optative: 'should see' or 'may see'). Is this prescribing a cognitive practice, describing an accomplished state, or pointing to something that simply happens when the other conditions are met?"
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    "viśiṣṭādvaita": "Before any significant task — a work presentation, a difficult conversation — spend a brief moment in ātma-yāthātmya-anusandhāna: recognise that you are Bhagavān's śeṣa (dependent mode), that the action is kainkarya (service). When the action is completed, there is no residue of pride or disappointment, because the result was always Bhagavān's; the doing and the knowing were one movement. This is not passivity: the anusandhāna intensifies focus rather than dissolving it.",
    "dvaita": "In moments of genuine helplessness — when a project fails, when illness stops you, when sleep takes over — instead of experiencing this as loss, recognise it as a window into Madhva's vision: Parameśvara is still creating, sustaining, governing, whether your particular instrument is active or not. Train yourself to locate Hari's activity in the spaces your activity cannot reach. This reorients suffering from 'I am useless' to 'Hari is never idle' — a devotionally grounded equanimity.",
    "śuddhādvaita": "Vallabha's insight is most practically felt in devotional sādhanā: when singing kīrtana or performing pūjā, let the performance be saturated with awareness that it is Kṛṣṇa's own līlā flowing through you — nirbandha-rahita (free of compulsion), not a duty to fulfil. Conversely, do not mistake leisure or 'spiritual vacation' for actual rest; treated as vacancy rather than prasāda, it accrues binding karma. Every moment is either Kṛṣṇa's play or bondage in disguise.",
    "bhakti": "Śrīdhara's reservoir image (sampluteodaka) is the most accessible: when daily actions — cooking, working, caring for family — are offered as Parameśvara-ārādhana, they become self-contained in meaning; you are not draining a cup but drawing from a full lake where every act's fruit is already present. Skipping these offerings out of fatigue or busyness is not neutral rest; it generates pratyavāya (counter-result), a subtle contraction of life-force. The practice: consecrate ordinary tasks explicitly, even in thirty seconds, before beginning.",
    "advaita-bhakti": "Madhusūdana's two-layered practice maps onto the two phases of a contemplative day. The sādhana layer: in active work, watch the moment when 'I did this' crystallises as a thought — that crystallisation is the ahaṃkāra-adhyāsa (superimposition of agency) Madhusūdana identifies; gently dis-identify with it while continuing the work. The paramārtha layer: in meditation, investigate whether the 'knower of this verse' is itself an object appearing in cit — and whether cit ever actually does anything or merely illuminates. Both layers reinforce antaḥkaraṇa-śuddhi without requiring withdrawal from ordinary life."
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