Upadesha Sara - Verse 1

Sanskrit

कर्तुराज्ञया प्राप्यते फलम् ।
कर्म किं परं कर्म तज्जडम् ॥ १॥

Transliteration

kartur ājñyayā prāpyate phalaṃ
karma kiṃ paraṃ karma tajjaḍam

Translation

Action yields fruit,
For so the Lord ordains it.
How can action be the Lord?
It is insentient.

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Index: Upadesha Sara

• Mimamsakas say: Action $\to$ Apurva $\to$ Result. (No God needed).

• Vedantins (this text) say: Action $\to$ God (observing action) $\to$ Result. (God is the essential conscious link).