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तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।

 

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।3.34।। इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्य अर्थे सर्वेन्द्रियाणामर्थे शब्दादिविषये इष्टे रागः अनिष्टे द्वेषः इत्येवं प्रतीन्द्रियार्थं रागद्वेषौ अवश्यंभाविनौ तत्र अयं पुरुषकारस्य शास्त्रार्थस्य च विषय उच्यते। शास्त्रार्थे प्रवृत्तः पूर्वमेव रागद्वेषयोर्वशं नागच्छेत्। या हि पुरुषस्य प्रकृतिः सा रागद्वेषपुरःसरैव स्वकार्ये पुरुषं प्रवर्तयति। तदा स्वधर्मपरित्यागः परधर्मानुष्ठानं च भवति। यदा पुनः रागद्वेषौ तत्प्रतिपक्षेण नियमयति तदा शास्त्रदृष्टिरेव पुरुषः भवति न प्रकृतिवशः। तस्मात् तयोः रागद्वेषयोः वशं न आगच्छेत् यतः तौ हि अस्य पुरुषस्य परिपन्थिनौ श्रेयोमार्गस्य विघ्नकर्तारौ तस्करौ इव पथीत्यर्थः।।तत्र रागद्वेषप्रयुक्तो मन्यते शास्त्रार्थमप्यन्यथा परधर्मोऽपि धर्मत्वात् अनुष्ठेय एव इति तदसत्

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

3.34 Attraction and repulsion are ordained with regard to the objects of all the organs. One should not come under the sway of these two, because they are his adversaries.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

3.34 Raga-dvesau, attraction and repulsion, in the following manner-attraction towards desirable things, and repulsion against undesirable things; (vyavasthitau, are ordained,) are sure to occur, arthe, with regard to objects such as sound etc.; indriyasya indriyasya, of all the organs, with regard to each of the organs. As to that, the scope of personal effort and scriptural purpose are being stated as follows: One who is engaged in the subject-matter of the scriptures should, in the very beginning, not come under the influence of love and hatred. For, that which is the nature of a person impels him to his actions, verily under the influence eof love and hatred. And then follow the rejection of one's own duty and the undertaking of somody else's duty. On the other hand, when a person controls love and hatred with the help of their opposites [Ignorance, the cause of love and hatred, has discrimination as its opposite.], then he becomes mindful only of the scriptural teachings; he ceases to be led by his nature. Therefore, na agacchet, one should not come; vasam, under the sway; tayoh, of these two, of love and hatred; hi because; tau, they; are asya, his, this person's pari-panthinau, adversaries, who, like robbers, put obstacles on his way to Liberation. This is the meaning. In this world, one impelled by love and hatred misinterprets even the teaching of the scriptures, and thinks that somody else's duty, too, has to be undertaken just because it is a duty! That is wrong: