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Shloka 51

कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश

Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction

कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिण: । जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ता: पद गच्छन्त्यनामयम्‌र,क्योंकि समबुद्धिसे युक्त ज्ञानीजन कर्मोंसे उत्पन्न होनेवाले फलको त्यागकर जन्मरूप बन्धनसे मुक्त हो निर्विकार परमपदको प्राप्त हो जाते हैं

karmajaṁ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ | janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gacchanty anāmayam ||

Sanjaya berkata: Para bijaksana yang dikurniai pemahaman yang teguh dan tajam menanggalkan buah yang lahir daripada tindakan; bebas daripada belenggu kelahiran berulang, mereka mencapai keadaan tertinggi yang tidak terusik dan tidak berubah.

कर्मजम्born of action; arising from karma
कर्मजम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्मज
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
बुद्धियुक्ताःendowed with (equanimous) understanding
बुद्धियुक्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबुद्धियुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हिindeed; for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
फलम्fruit; result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned
त्यक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
मनीषिणःthe wise; the discerning
मनीषिणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताःfreed from the bondage of birth
जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पदम्state; abode; goal
पदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपद
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गच्छन्तिthey go; they attain
गच्छन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormLat (Present Indicative), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
अनामयम्free from affliction; untainted
अनामयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनामय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

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Sanjaya

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches karma-yoga in its mature form: act with disciplined, even-minded understanding, but relinquish attachment to results. Such renunciation of fruit (phala-tyāga) loosens the bondage of repeated birth and leads toward the untroubled supreme state.

Within Bhīṣma Parva’s Bhagavad-gītā discourse, Sanjaya reports the spiritual instruction being given on the battlefield: the wise, by equanimity and renunciation of outcomes, transcend karmic entanglement even amid the pressures of war and duty.