Shloka 189
Karma, Non-Violence, Tīrtha & Gaṅgā Merit, Vaiṣṇava Protection, Śālagrāma Worship, and Ekādaśī as Deliverance
न कुर्वंति क्रियां कांचिदर्थमात्रं हि योगिनः । दृष्टज्ञाना असंदेहाश्चिद्विकार विशारदाः
na kurvaṃti kriyāṃ kāṃcidarthamātraṃ hi yoginaḥ | dṛṣṭajñānā asaṃdehāścidvikāra viśāradāḥ
ਯੋਗੀ ਕੋਈ ਕਰਮ ਨਿਰਰਥਕ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦੇ; ਉਹ ਤਾਂ ਕੇਵਲ ਅਰਥ-ਸਹਿਤ ਹੀ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ-ਜ੍ਞਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ, ਸੰਦੇਹ-ਰਹਿਤ, ਅਤੇ ਚਿੱਤ ਦੇ ਵਿਕਾਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਭੇਦ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿਪੁੰਨ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
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Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: काञ्चित् = किम्-प्रातिपदिकस्य स्त्री-द्वितीया; अर्थमात्रम् समासः; असन्देहाः = अ + सन्देहाः; चिद्विकार विशारदाः इति पाठे सन्धिः—चित्विकारविशारदाः (चित्/चित्त + विकार + विशारद)।
FAQs
It portrays the yogin as non-mechanical and non-ritualistic: actions are not done for their own display or compulsion, but only when they serve a clear purpose aligned with insight.
dṛṣṭa-jñāna indicates knowledge that is directly realized (not merely learned), and asaṃdeha means the yogin’s understanding is settled—free from inner doubt or vacillation.
It encourages purposeful, mindful action rooted in clarity—reducing unnecessary activity, avoiding performative religiosity, and learning to observe and master the mind’s changing states.