Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]By that previous practice alone, one is carried forward even without self-will. Even the inquirer into yoga transcends the word-Brahman.
BG 6.44
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः | जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्माणातिवर्तते ||४४||
pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hy avaśo'pi saḥ | jijñāsur api yogasya śabdabrahmāṇativartate || 44 ||
"Past practice carries the yogi forward involuntarily — even the yoga-inquirer surpasses the Vedic ritualist."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]By that previous practice alone, he is borne on in spite of himself. Even the enquirer after Yoga rises superior to the per- former of Vedic actions.
Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]By former practice he is helplessly swept forward, and even the inquirer into Yoga passes beyond the Brahman of the Vedas.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]By his former practice, he is carried on even though he wishes it not, and even the aspirant after Yoga goes beyond those who depend upon the Vedas.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]By that previous practice he is borne on, even despite himself, and the seeker of Yoga also transcends the word-Brahman.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]By that previous practice alone, he is drawn forward in spite of himself, even the inquirer after Yoga transcends the performance of acts enjoined in the Vedas.