Ramanuja's Gita Bhashyam - Chapter 3 - Karma Yoga - sloka 9

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda's translation of Ramanuja's Gita Bhashya, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

The greatness of Yajna -9-13

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 - Karma Yoga - Sloka 9

Sabari's selfless devotion to her Acharya and Rama

Yajna arthat karmanah anyatra lokah ayam karma bandhanah I

Tad artham karma kaunteya mukta sangah  sam achara II sloka 9

यज्ञ अर्थात कर्मणः अन्यत्र लोकः अयं कर्म बन्धनः ।

तद अर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्त संगः सं आचर ।। श्लोक ९ 

This world is held in bondage of work only when work is not performed as sacrifice. O Arjuna, you must perform work to this end, free from attachment.

The world is bound by the bond of work only when work is done for personal ends, but not when work is performed or money acquired for the purpose of sacrifice., etc. prescribed in the scriptures. So for the purpose of the sacrifice, you must perform acts like the acquisition of money. In doing so , overcome attachments generated by the pursuit of personal ambitions  and then do your work in the spirit of yajna.  when a person is free form attachment does work for the sake of sacrifices etc., the Supreme Person, propitiated by sacrifices etc., grants him the calm vision of the self after destroying the subtle impressions of his karmas, which have continued from time without beginning.