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ētairvimuktaḥ kauntēya tamōdvāraistribhirnaraḥ.

ācaratyātmanaḥ śrēyastatō yāti parāṅ gatim৷৷16.22৷৷

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

৷৷16.22৷৷ --,ētaiḥ vimuktaḥ kauntēya tamōdvāraiḥ tamasaḥ narakasya duḥkhamōhātmakasya dvārāṇi kāmādayaḥ taiḥ? ētaiḥ  ribhiḥ vimuktaḥ naraḥ ācarati anutiṣṭhati. kim ātmanaḥ śrēyaḥ. yatpratibaddhaḥ pūrvaṅ na ācacāra? tadapagamāt ācarati.  ataḥ tadācaraṇāt yāti parāṅ gatiṅ mōkṣamapi iti৷৷sarvasya ētasya āsurīsaṅpatparivarjanasya śrēyaācaraṇasya ca śāstraṅ kāraṇam. śāstrapramāṇāt ubhayaṅ śakyaṅ kartum? na anyathā. ataḥ --,

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Ramanuja

৷৷16.22৷৷ētaiḥ kāmakrōdhalōbhaiḥ  amōdvāraiḥ madviparītajñānahētubhiḥ vimuktaḥ nara ātmanaḥ śrēya ācarati. labdhamadviṣayajñānō madānukūlyē pravartatē;  atō mām ēva parāṅ gatiṅ yāti.śāstrānādaraḥ asya narakasya pradhānahētuḥ iti āha --

English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Adidevananda

16.22 One who has been 'released from these three' - from desire, wrath and greed which constitute the gates of darkness causing erroneous knowledge of Myself -, he works for the good of the self. Gaining knowledge of Myself, he endevaours to be inclined towards Me. From there, he attains the supreme goal, which is Myself. Sri Krsna now teaches that the main cause of this Kind of degeneration is lack of reverence for the Sastras:

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

16.22 O son of Kunti, narah, a person; who is vimuktah, free; etaih, from these; tribhih, three; tamo-dvaraih, doors to darkness, i.e., passion etc. which are doors to the darkness of hell consisting of sorrow and delusion; freed from three three which are such, acarati, strives for;-for what?-sreyah, the good; atmanah, of the soul: darred by which (doors) he could not strive earlier, and on the dispelling of which he strives. Tatah, thery, as a result of that striving; yati, he attains; the param, suprme; gatim, Goal, i.e. Liberation, as well. [Not only does he attain Liberation by renouncing the demoniacal alities, but he also secures happiness in this world.] The scripture is instrumental in this complete renunciation of the demoniacal alities and striving for what is good. Both can be undertaken on the authority of the scriptures, not otherwise. Hence,