Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 32
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 3 श्लोक 32

ये त्वेतदभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम्।
सर्वज्ञानविमूढांस्तान्विद्धि नष्टानचेतसः।।3.32।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 3.32)
।।3.32।।परन्तु जो मनुष्य मेरे इस मतमें दोषदृष्टि करते हुए इसका अनुष्ठान नहीं करते उन सम्पूर्ण ज्ञानोंमें मोहित और अविवेकी मनुष्योंको नष्ट हुए ही समझो।


Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

Now  Lord  Krishna  gives  the  defects  in  not  believing  and   following
prescribed Vedic activities. Those who are  inimical  to  the  teachings  of
Bhagavad-Gita and are antagonistic to the injunction of the Vedas  that  all
activities should be performed in yagna or worship for the  satisfaction  of
the Supreme Lord. Such people should  be  known  as  fools  and  lacking  in
discrimination and all of their activities contrary to this  are  doomed  to
failure.


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary





In these verses Lord Krishna is speaking about the merits one receives  from
following the teachings of the Bhagavad-Gita. Those who  perform  prescribed
Vedic activities with renunciation gradually achieve moksa or liberation  by
jnana yoga the path of cultivating Vedic knowledge. Who then  can  calculate
the position of one who has attained atma-tattva or  soul  realisation.  Now
karma yoga the path of performing prescribed Vedic actions is not  given  as
another medium of attainment. Renunciation and dedication of  ones  actions
are  solely  for  the  sake  of  realising  the  Supreme  Being  only.   For
realisation of the Supreme  Being,  liberation  does  not  depend  upon  one
particular path. In the Narayana Shataksara it is  stated  that:  All  paths
may or may not award moksa to the  dedicated  aspirant  treading  upon  them
depending upon their level of renunciation in the performance of  unattached
actions.  But renunciation by itself,  not  being  dependent  upon  anything
else is capable of awarding moksa to those who fully perform  it.  Therefore
the contention that jnana yoga and karma yoga alone are sufficient to  award
moksa is not correct.


Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary



Lord Krishna is revealing the eternal truth that He  is  the  atma  or  soul
within all beings in existence, be they human, animal, aquatic, plant, demi-
gods or  any  other  species  of  life  that  was  not  cloned.  He  is  the
maintainer, sustainer and monitor of all beings through the  medium  of  the
atma and all of its impulses come from  Him.  All  souls  emanate  from  the
Supreme Lord and because of Him are completely spiritual  and  eternal.  All
the souls of all the living beings in creation everywhere in creation  as  a
total  aggregate  comprise  the  form  of  the   Supreme   Lords   eternal,
transcendental  spiritual  body.  Whoever  does  not  avail  themselves  and
conformably act to this eternal truth, or take this eternal truth  seriously
in earnest, or who deems unnecessary and not worth the effort,  this  person
should be understood to be completely destitute of knowledge and  unable  to
evolve spiritually and are  incapable of achieving atma tattva or  knowledge
of the soul become lost.  Spiritual  intelligence  is  what  determines  the
light of knowledge in the material existence. In the  absence  of  spiritual
knowledge, darkness and ignorance prevails and knowledge  becomes  erroneous
and defective. Thus it has been illustrated that doership transpires due  to
the union of prakriti  or  material  nature  and  the  physical  body  being
influenced by the gunas or modes of  goodness,  passion  and  nescience  and
this is dependent ultimately upon the Supreme Lord.





Reflecting in this manner it can be ascertained that karma yoga or the  path
of performing prescribed Vedic actions is  appropriate  for  one  performing
jnana yoga or the path of cultivating Vedic knowledge as  well.  Karma  yoga
is appropriate on account of it being  easy  to  perform,  exempt  from  the
danger of failure and requires no  assistance  from  other  methods  in  its
application. Contrarily jnana yoga is difficult to practice, susceptible  to
failure and must perform some karma yoga anyway in order to maintain  health
and vigor which is essential for body maintenance if one is to  perform  any
yoga at all. Also it has been pointed out how it is necessary for  a  person
of distinction situated in Vedic wisdom to set an  example  to  inspire  the
common man for the benefit and welfare of the world.





What difficulties and dangers are fraught for the performers of  jnana  yoga
are now explained in the remainder of this chapter.


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
Lord Krishna is revealing the eternal truth that He  is  the  atma  or  soul
within all beings in existence, be they human, animal, aquatic, plant, demi-
gods or  any  other  species  of  life  that  was  not  cloned.  He  is  the
maintainer, sustainer and monitor of all beings through the  medium  of  the
atma and all of its impulses come from  Him.  All  souls  emanate  from  the
Supreme Lord and because of Him are completely spiritual  and  eternal.  All
the souls of all the living beings in creation everywhere in creation  as  a
total  aggregate  comprise  the  form  of  the   Supreme   Lords   eternal,
transcendental  spiritual  body.  Whoever  does  not  avail  themselves  and
conformably act to this eternal truth, or take this eternal truth  seriously
in earnest, or who deems unnecessary and not worth the effort,  this  person
should be understood to be completely destitute of knowledge and  unable  to
evolve spiritually and are  incapable of achieving atma tattva or  knowledge
of the soul become lost.  Spiritual  intelligence  is  what  determines  the
light of knowledge in the material existence. In the  absence  of  spiritual
knowledge, darkness and ignorance prevails and knowledge  becomes  erroneous
and defective. Thus it has been illustrated that doership transpires due  to
the union of prakriti  or  material  nature  and  the  physical  body  being
influenced by the gunas or modes of  goodness,  passion  and  nescience  and
this is dependent ultimately upon the Supreme Lord.





Reflecting in this manner it can be ascertained that karma yoga or the  path
of performing prescribed Vedic actions is  appropriate  for  one  performing
jnana yoga or the path of cultivating Vedic knowledge as  well.  Karma  yoga
is appropriate on account of it being  easy  to  perform,  exempt  from  the
danger of failure and requires no  assistance  from  other  methods  in  its
application. Contrarily jnana yoga is difficult to practice, susceptible  to
failure and must perform some karma yoga anyway in order to maintain  health
and vigor which is essential for body maintenance if one is to  perform  any
yoga at all. Also it has been pointed out how it is necessary for  a  person
of distinction situated in Vedic wisdom to set an  example  to  inspire  the
common man for the benefit and welfare of the world.





What difficulties and dangers are fraught for the performers of  jnana  yoga
are now explained in the remainder of this chapter.