1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 15

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

The four grades of People - Sloka 13-15

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 15

Namakkal Anjaneyar

Evam gyatva krutam karma purvaih api mumukshubhih I

Kuru karma eva tasmat tvam purvaih purva taram krutam II sloka 15

एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैः अपि मुमुक्षुभिः ।
कुरु कर्म एव तस्मात त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्व तरं कृतं ।। श्लोक १५ 


Having known that even the ancient seekers performed action after freedom; therefore do you perform action, as did the ancients in the olden times. 


The knowing aspirant abandons egosim and desire. he does not give up karma. The seekers of freedom walked this way through the ages. This principle has not been newly enunciated for the sake of Arjuna. Why was he then confused on this issue? There was nothing strange in it. The fact is defined in the next sloka