Bhagavad Gīta Bhāshya and Tātparya
B.G 16.24
तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ। ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि ॥२४॥
tasmācchāstraṃ pramāṇaṃ te kāryākāryavyavasthitau। jñātvā śāstravidhānoktaṃ karma kartumihārhasi ॥24॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; शास्त्रं (śāstraṃ) - scripture; प्रमाणं (pramāṇam) - authority; ते (te) - your; कार्य (kārya) - duty; अकार्य (akārya) - non-duty; व्यवस्थितौ (vyavasthitau) - in determining; ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - knowing; शास्त्र (śāstra) - scriptural; विधान (vidhāna) - injunctions; उक्तं (uktam) - stated; कर्म (karma) - action; कर्तुम् (kartum) - to perform; इह (iha) - here; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought to;]
Therefore, you should use the scriptures as authority in determining your duty and non-duty. By understanding the stated teachings of the scriptures, you ought to perform action here.
॥ ओं तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासु उपनिषत्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोगो नाम षोडशोध्यायः ॥
॥ oṁ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsu upaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde daivāsurasampadvibhāgayogo nāma ṣoḍaśodhyāyaḥ ॥
[ओं (oṁ) - Om; तत् (tat) - that; सत् (sat) - truth; इति (iti) - thus; श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासु (śrīmadbhagavadgītāsu) - in the glorious Bhagavad Gita; उपनिषत्सु (upaniṣatsu) - in the Upanishads; ब्रह्मविद्यायां (brahmavidyāyāṁ) - in the knowledge of Brahman; योगशास्त्रे (yogaśāstre) - in the scripture of Yoga; श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे (śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde) - in the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna; दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोगः (daivāsurasampadvibhāgayogaḥ) - the Yoga of division between the divine and the non-divine; नाम (nāma) - named; षोडशः (ṣoḍaśaḥ) - sixteenth; अध्यायः (adhyāyaḥ) - chapter;]
("Om, that is truth," thus in the glorious Bhagavad Gita, in the Upanishads, in the knowledge of Brahman, in the scripture of Yoga, in the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, the Yoga of division between the divine and the non-divine, named the sixteenth chapter.)
"Om, that is truth," thus ends the sixteenth chapter named 'The Yoga of Division between the Divine and the Non-Divine' in the glorious Bhagavad Gita, which is the essence of the Upanishads, the knowledge of Brahman, and the scripture of Yoga, presented as a dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna.

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बहुचित्रजगद्बहुधाकरणात् परशक्तिरनन्तगुणः परमः ।
सुखरूपममुष्य पदं परमं स्मरतस्तु भविष्यति तत्सततम् ॥
"The one who has created this variegated vast universe with varied forms has infinite power and is of infinite auspicious qualities. He certainly bestows the highest state of bliss to those who meditate on his ever happy essence." -Dwādasha stōtra 4.3

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