Namaste,

Gita:

athaitadapyashakto.asi kartuM madyogamaashritaH |
sarvakarmaphalatyaagaM tataH kuru yataatmavaan.h || 12 : 11 ||

11. If you are unable to do even this, then taking refuge in Me,
self-controlled, renounce the fruits-of-all-actions.

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(Swami Gambhirananda)

http://www.sankara.iitk.ac.in/gitaindex.htm [Shankara Bhashya]

http://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/index.htm

Namaste Sunder Hattangadi,

Could you translate the following Verse 12 in chapter XII,

One translation I have says:
Knowledge is superior to practice; meditation is considered better than
knowledge; renouncing the results of actions is better than meditation; verily
by such renunciation comes tranquility.

Thank you for your time,

Antoine


<< Namaste,

Gita:

athaitadapyashakto.asi kartuM madyogamaashritaH |
sarvakarmaphalatyaagaM tataH kuru yataatmavaan.h || 12 : 11 ||

11. If you are unable to do even this, then taking refuge in Me,
self-controlled, renounce the fruits-of-all-actions.

>>

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--- In advaitin (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, Antoine Carré <antoine.carre@s...> wrote:
>
> Namaste Sunder Hattangadi,
>
> Could you translate the following Verse 12 in chapter XII,
>
> One translation I have says:
> Knowledge is superior to practice; meditation is considered better
than knowledge; renouncing the results of actions is better than
meditation; verily by such renunciation comes tranquility.

Namaste Antoine,

The translation is correct literally.

[ The original verse is:

shreyo hi GYaanamabhyaasaajGYaanaad.hdhyaanaM vishishhyate .
dhyaanaatkarmaphalatyaagastyaagaachchhaantirananta ram.h .. 12\-12.. ]

The context of the answer is the question in verse 1 of the same chapter :

evaM satatayuktaa ye bhaktaastvaaM paryupaasate .
ye chaapyakSharamavyaktaM teshhaa.n ke yogavittamaaH .. 12\-1..

[There are Thy ever-steadfast devotees who love and worship Thee in
the above way (as the Divine Person); there are again others who
contemplate on Thee as the Imperishable Unmanifest (Impersonal
Absolute) - which of these has a greater understanding of Yoga?]

Jnana, abhyasa, and dhyana are the path of the renunciants. The same
result, however, accrues (Peace) to the Yogi who abandons the fruits
of action. Arjuna and others qualified for the latter path should
follow the latter.

More discussion of Karma Yoga is at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/advaitin/message/4692 -4698 [starting
Apr. 22, 2000]

Sw. Dayananda Saravati on Karmayoga




Regards,

Sunder