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गच्छन्ति मां महात्मानो यतयो वीतमत्सराः’ इति ।ननु एवं चेत्तर्हि कर्माणि नानुष्ठेयानि ? न नानुष्ठेयानि, किंतु ज्ञानिना अननुष्ठेयान्येव ।तथा चाह भगवान्वासुदेवः—‘यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः ।आत्मन्येव च संतुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते’ इति ।तथा च ब्रह्माण्डपुराणे कावषेयाः—‘किमद्य नश्चाध्ययनेन कार्यं किमर्थवन्तश्च मखैर्यजामः ।प्राणं हि वाप्यनले जोहवीमः प्राणानले जुहवीमीति वाचम्’ इति ।तथा
In plain words
'Great souls, free from envy and established in renunciation, attain Me.' If this is the case, should ritual actions not be performed at all? Not quite: they are not to be performed by the enlightened, though they remain obligatory for others. Lord Vasudeva accordingly declared: 'For that person who delights solely in the self, who is satisfied within the self, and who is fully content in the self alone, there are no duties remaining.' In the Brahmanda Purana, the Kavaṣeyas similarly declared: 'What need have we for study today? What need have we for sacrifices? For we offer our breath into the inner fire and our speech into the fire of prana.' And...
Close to the Sanskrit
'Great souls, renunciates free from jealousy, attain Me'—thus. Now then, if this is so, are actions not to be performed? No, they are indeed to be performed, but only by the unenlightened; they are precisely what should not be performed by the knower. And so Lord Vasudeva stated—'Whoever is a human being whose delight is in the self alone, who is satisfied in the self, and who is contented in the self alone—for him there is no duty to be performed.' And similarly in the Brahmanda Purana, the Kavaṣeyas said—'What business do we have today with study? What purpose with sacrifices? For we offer prana into the fire and speech into the fire of prana, offering repeatedly'—thus. And...