Chapter 3: Karma Yoga, verse 32
ये त्वेतदभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम्।
सर्वज्ञानविमूढांस्तान्विद्धि नष्टानचेतसः ॥
Say itye tvetad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣhṭhanti me matam
sarva-jñāna-vimūḍhāns tān viddhi naṣhṭān achetasaḥ
Translation
But those who criticize My teaching and do not practice it, deprived of all knowledge and lacking discernment, know them to be doomed to destruction.
Swami Sivananda
But those who, finding fault where there is none, do not follow My teaching, know them—who are deluded about all knowledge concerning the qualified and the unqualified Brahman and who are devoid of discrimination—to have gone to ruin.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
But those who slander it, and those who do not practice this teaching of Mine—know them to be utterly senseless and devoid of all knowledge, and thus lost.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
But those who, finding fault, do not follow this doctrine of Mine - be sure that these men are highly deluded in all branches of knowledge and are lost and brainless.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
But they who ridicule My word and do not observe it, are ignorant, devoid of wisdom, and blind. They seek only their own destruction.
Shri Purohit Swami
परन्तु जो मनुष्य मेरे इस मतमें दोष-दृष्टि करते हुए इसका अनुष्ठान नहीं करते, उन सम्पूर्ण ज्ञानोंमें मोहित और अविवेकी मनुष्योंको नष्ट हुए ही समझो।
Swami Ramsukhdas
परन्तु जो दोष दृष्टि वाले मूढ़ लोग इस मेरे मत का पालन नहीं करते, उन सब ज्ञानों में मोहित चित्तवालों को नष्ट हुये ही तुम समझो।
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.