Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.7
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.7 · 3 · Verse 7
Sanskrit Original
।।3.6 3.7।।तथापि शक्तितः त्यागः कार्य इत्याह कर्मेन्द्रियाणीति। मन एव प्रयोजकमिति दर्शयितुमन्वयव्यतिरेकावाह मनसा स्मरन् मनसा नियम्येति। कर्मयोगं स्ववर्णाश्रमोचितम्। न तु गृहस्थकर्मैवेति नियमः सन्न्यासादिविधानात् सामान्यवचनाच्च।
Yet he says 'abandonment by the able is enjoined' — meaning the organs of action should be restrained. 'Mind alone is the agent'—to show this he employs both syntactic connection and distinction: 'remember with the mind, control with the mind.' Karma-yoga is appropriate to one's own varṇa and āśrama. The rule is not 'only household duties' because general statements and the codes on sannyāsa and the like allow broader application.
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