Chapter 4 (Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga (The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Knowledge)), verse 16
Krishna → Arjuna · meter: other
तत्र कर्म चेत् कर्तव्यं त्वद्-वचनाद् एव करोम्य् अहम् | किं विशेषितेन ? पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम् [गीता ४।१५] इति | उच्यते -- यस्मान् महद् वैषम्यं कर्मणि | कथम् ? किं कर्म किम् अकर्मेति कवयो ऽप्य् अत्र मोहिताः | तत् ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज् ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसे ऽशुभात्
tatra karma cet kartavyaṃ tvad-vacanād eva karomy aham | kiṃ viśeṣitena ? pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam [gītā 4.15] iti | ucyate -- yasmān mahad vaiṣamyaṃ karmaṇi | katham ? kiṃ karma kim akarmeti kavayo 'py atra mohitāḥ | tat te karma pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvā mokṣyase 'śubhāt
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Advaita (Śaṅkara, Anandagiri)
Witnesses: shankara_4.16 · anandgiri_4.16
Viśiṣṭādvaita (Rāmānuja, Vedantadeshika)
Witnesses: ramanuja_4.16 · vedantadeshika_4.16
Dvaita (Madhva, Jayatīrtha)
Witnesses: madhva_4.16 · jayatirtha_4.16
Śuddhādvaita (Vallabha)
Witnesses: vallabha_4.16
Bhakti-philological (Śrīdhara)
Witnesses: sridhara_4.16
Advaita-Bhakti synthesis (Madhusūdana)
Witnesses: madhusudan_4.16
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- अकर्मwith 2.47, 3.5, 3.8, 4.17, 4.18, 4.23, …
- एवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसेwith 4.32
- कर्तव्यwith 3.9, 3.19, 3.22, 18.6
- कर्मणिwith 2.47, 3.1, 3.22, 4.18, 4.21, 14.9, …
- कार्यwith 2.25, 2.28, 3.5, 3.17, 3.19, 6.1, …
- किं कर्मwith 3.1, 8.1, 8.2
- प्रवक्ष्यामिwith 9.1, 13.12, 14.1
- यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्with 9.1
- योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्with 2.50
- योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणिwith 2.48, 3.4, 4.18
- शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरःwith 3.5, 3.6, 4.32, 5.13, 18.15