[Advaita-l] Nitya Karma question

[Venkata sriram P]

Dear Vidyasankarji,
 
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I don't have an edition of the Matsya Purana with me, but I suspect the last quarter
of the verse quoted above should be "na cha jnAnam akarmaNaH". 
 
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You are right.  The sloka runs as:
 
karmayOgOdbhavaM jnAnaM tasmAt tat pramaM padaM
karmajnAnOdbhavaM brahma na cha jnAnaM akarmaNaH
 
This is in-line with Sankara Hridaya.  
 
Which is why Bhagavatpada is extolled as:
 
shruti-smriti-purANAnAM AlayaM karuNAlayaM ...
 
regs,
sriram