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तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ।ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि।।16.24।।

tasmāch chhāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te kāryākārya-vyavasthitau jñātvā śhāstra-vidhānoktaṁ karma kartum ihārhasi

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 16, Verse 24
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Therefore, let the scripture be thy authority in determining what ought to be done and what ought not to be done. Having known what is said in the ordinance of the scriptures, thou shouldst act in this world.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: therefore, let scripture be your authority in determining what should and should not be done, knowing this, you should perform your work in this world, closing the chapter with a practical, concrete instruction, use a considered framework of guidance rather than raw impulse to determine your actual conduct.

In life: having some considered external framework, values, principles, trusted guidance, to actually check your impulses against tends to produce better outcomes than relying purely on in-the-moment impulse for every decision.

Teaching: identify your own version of a considered framework, whether a specific tradition, a set of personal principles, or trusted guidance, and make a habit of actually checking significant impulses against it before acting, rather than relying purely on in-the-moment impulse.

tasmāttherefore
śhāstramscriptures
pramāṇamauthority
teyour
kāryaduty
akāryaforbidden action
vyavasthitauin determining
jñātvāhaving understood
śhāstrascriptures
vidhānainjunctions
uktamas revealed
karmaactions
kartumperform
ihain this world
arhasiyou should

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
16.24 तस्मात् therefore? शास्त्रम् scripture? प्रमाणम् (be) authority? ते they? कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ in determining what ought to be done and what ought not to be done? ज्ञात्वा having known? शास्त्रविधानोक्तम् what is said in the ordinance of the scriptures? कर्म action? कर्तुम् to do? इह here (in this world)? अर्हसि shouldst.Commentary He who desires the welfare of the Self should not disregard the ?nds of the scriptures. A man who is anxious to obtain eternal bliss should respect the Vedas and the Smritis which lay down the code of right conduct. He should readily renounce whatever the scriptures teach him to abandon and accept whatever he is directed to accept.He who is thus entirely devoted to the Vedas cannot meet with misfortune? grief or delusion. No mother is more kind than the scriptures for they restrain us from doing evil and bestow on us the greatest good (liberation or Moksha). Therefore treat the scriptures with great respect. Renounce all that the scriptures prohibit. Whatever is worthy of being done? that thou shouldst do thoroughly with all thy heart and all thy strength.Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita? the science of the Eternal? the scripture of Yoga? the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna? ends the sixteenth discourse entitledThe Yoga of the Division BetweenThe Divine and the Demoniacal. ,