Chapter 4 (Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga (The Yoga of Renunciation of Action in Knowledge)), verse 21
Krishna → Arjuna · vocative: Tāta · meter: other
यः पुनः पूर्वोक्त-विपरीतः प्राग् एव कर्माम्भाद् ब्रह्मणि सर्वान्तरे प्रत्यग्-आत्मनि निष्क्रिये संजातात्म-दर्शनः, स दृष्टादृष्टेष्ट-विषयाशीर् विवर्जिततया दृष्टादृष्टार्थे कर्मणि प्रयोजनम् अप्यश्यन् स-साधनं कर्म संन्यस्य शरीर-यात्रा-मात्र-चेष्टो यतिर् ज्ञान-निष्ठो मुच्यत इति | एतद् अर्थं दर्शयितुम् आह- निराशीर् यत-चित्तात्मा त्यक्त-सर्व-परिग्रहः | शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन् नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्
yaḥ punaḥ pūrvokta-viparītaḥ prāg eva karmāmbhād brahmaṇi sarvāntare pratyag-ātmani niṣkriye saṃjātātma-darśanaḥ, sa dṛṣṭādṛṣṭeṣṭa-viṣayāśīr vivarjitatayā dṛṣṭādṛṣṭārthe karmaṇi prayojanam apyaśyan sa-sādhanaṃ karma saṃnyasya śarīra-yātrā-mātra-ceṣṭo yatir jñāna-niṣṭho mucyata iti | etad arthaṃ darśayitum āha- nirāśīr yata-cittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ | śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam
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The 8 verses most likely to be intertexts of 4.21, ranked by the Sūtrakṛt substrate's composite score.
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How each major school's commentary tradition reads this verse.
Advaita (Śaṅkara, Anandagiri)
Witnesses: shankara_4.21 · anandgiri_4.21
Viśiṣṭādvaita (Rāmānuja, Vedantadeshika)
Witnesses: ramanuja_4.21 · vedantadeshika_4.21
Dvaita (Madhva, Jayatīrtha)
Witnesses: madhva_4.21 · jayatirtha_4.21
Śuddhādvaita (Vallabha)
Witnesses: vallabha_4.21
Bhakti-philological (Śrīdhara)
Witnesses: sridhara_4.21
Advaita-Bhakti synthesis (Madhusūdana)
Witnesses: madhusudan_4.21
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- अनिकेतःwith 12.19
- कर्मणिwith 2.47, 3.1, 3.22, 4.16, 4.18, 14.9, …
- चित्तwith 6.10, 6.12, 6.14, 6.18, 6.19, 6.20, …
- ज्ञानwith 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.26, 3.32, …
- नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्with 18.47
- निराशीःwith 4.17, 6.10
- परिग्रहwith 4.5, 6.10, 18.53
- ब्रह्मwith 1.1, 2.72, 3.14, 3.15, 4.24, 4.25, …
- ब्रह्मणिwith 5.19, 5.20
- यतचित्तात्माwith 6.10
- सर्वान्with 1.27, 2.55, 2.71, 4.32, 6.24, 11.15
- सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताःwith 18.48