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अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.22।।

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Ramanuja

।।18.22।।यत् तु ज्ञानम् एकस्मिन् कार्ये एकस्मिन् कर्तव्ये कर्मणि प्रेतभूतगणाद्याराधनरूपे अत्यल्पफले कृत्स्नफलवत् सक्तम् अहेतुकं वस्तुतः तु अकृत्स्नफलवत्तया तथाविधसङ्गहेतुरहितम् अतत्त्वार्थवत् पूर्ववद् एव आत्मनि पृथक्त्वादियुक्ततया मिथ्याभूतार्थ विषयम्? अत्यल्पफलं च प्रेतभूताद्याराधनरूपविषयत्वाद् अल्पं च? तद् ज्ञानं तामसम् उदाहृतम्।एवं कर्तव्यकर्मविषयज्ञानस्य अधिकारवेलायाम् अधिकार्यं शेन गुणतः त्रैविध्यम् उक्त्वा अनुष्ठेयस्य कर्मणो गुणतः त्रैविध्यम् आह --

English Translation By Swami Adidevananda

18.22 But that knowledge is declared to be Tamasika which clings to one single act as if it were the whole, which is not founded on reason, and which is untrue and insignificant.

English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Adidevananda

18.22 But that knowledge which clings to a 'single type of act' as what ought to be done, viz., act in the form of the worship of ghosts or evil spirits yielding very small fruits, as if it yielded all fruits; that work 'not founded on any reason for having attachment,' because it is not a source of all fruits; 'untrue' because it is based on a false view of things such as seeing differentiation in the nature of the Atman; 'insignificant', because the worship of ghosts and evil spirits yields poor results - for such reasons knowledge of this kind is declared to be Tamasika. After having thus classified the threefold division of knowledge relating to work according to Gunas in respect of a person who is alified for work, Sri Krsna explains the triple division of the acts that ought to be done, according to Gunas.