Chapter 3: Karma Yoga, verse 31
ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः।
श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः ॥
Say itye me matam idaṁ nityam anutiṣhṭhanti mānavāḥ
śhraddhāvanto ’nasūyanto muchyante te ’pi karmabhiḥ
Translation
Those who constantly practice this teaching of Mine with faith and without caviling, they too are freed from actions.
Swami Sivananda
Those who faithfully follow this teaching of Mine without cavil, they too become freed from their actions.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Those men who, full of faith, ever practice this teaching of Mine and those who receive it without cavil—even they are released from karma.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Those who constantly follow this doctrine of Mine, with faith and without finding fault, are freed from the results of all actions.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Those who always act in accordance with My precepts, firmly in faith and without caviling, they too are freed from the bondage of action.
Shri Purohit Swami
जो मनुष्य दोष-दृष्टिसे रहित होकर श्रद्धापूर्वक मेरे इस (पूर्वश्लोकमें वर्णित) मतका सदा अनुसरण करते हैं, वे भी कर्मोंके बन्धनसे मुक्त हो जाते हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जो मनुष्य दोष बुद्धि से रहित (अनसूयन्त:) और श्रद्धा से युक्त हुए सदा मेरे इस मत (उपदेश) का अनुष्ठानपूर्वक पालन करते हैं, वे कर्मों से (बन्धन से) मुक्त हो जाते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.