Commentary
Shraddha -faith- is a mental attitude. It is faith in one’s own Self, in the Scriptures and in the teachings of the spiritual preceptor. It is a combination of the higher emotions of reverence and humility. It is the sincerity of purpose.
Sri Krishna advocates Karma Yoga as a path that takes one ultimately to the Supreme because through desireless activity alone when performed with full faith and without criticism and questioning we will be able to bring about Vasana-exhaustion and thus make the mind purer for its meditative purposes.
The words ‘they too are freed from the bondage of all actions’ are intended to show that when by pursuing this discipline it is possible even for an ordinary person to get over the binding effects of action by surrendering the results of action to the Supreme, it should be much easier for Arjuna to attain that state.
WHAT IS THE HARM IF THIS ADVICE OF THE LORD IS NOT FOLLOWED?
Swami Chinmayananda
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Adi Sankara Commentary
Ye, those; manavah, men; who (nityam, ever;) anutisthanti, follow accordingly; me matam, My teaching- this teaching of Mine, viz that ‘duty must be performed’, which has been stated with valid reasoning; sraddhavantah, with faith; and anasuyantah, without cavil, without detracing Me, Vasudeva, the Teacher [Here Ast. adds ‘parama, supreme’-Tr.]; te api, they also, who are such; mucyante, become freed; karmabhih, from actions called the righteous and the unrighteous.
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