Bhagavadgita 7
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BhG 7.1
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṃ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ |
asaṃśayaṃ samagraṃ māṃ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu ||1||
śrīdharaḥ -
vijñeyam ātmanas tattvaṃ saṃyogaṃ samudīritam |
bhajanīyam athedānīm aiśvaraṃ rūpam īryate ||
pūrvādhyāyānte mad-gatenāntarātmanā yo māṃ bhajate sa me yuktatamo mataḥ ity uktam | atra kīdṛśas tvaṃ yasya bhaktiḥ kartavyety apekṣāyāṃ sva-svarūpaṃ nirupayiṣyan śrī-bhagavān uvāca mayīti | mayi parameśvara āsaktam abhiniviṣṭaṃ mano yasya saḥ | mad-āśrayo 'ham evāśrayo yasya | ananya-śaraṇaḥ san | yogaṃ yuñjann abhyasan asaṃśayaṃ yathā bhavaty evam | māṃ samagraṃ vibhūti-balaiśvaryādi-sahitaṃ yathā jñāsyasi tad idaṃ mayā vakṣyamāṇaṃ śṛṇu ||1||
madhusūdanaḥ -
yad-bhaktiṃ na vinā muktir yaḥ sevyaḥ sarva-yoginām |
taṃ vande paramānanda-ghanaṃ śrī-nanda-nandanam ||
evaṃ karma-saṃnyāsātmaka-sādhana-pradhānena prathama-ṣaṭkena jñeyaṃ tvaṃ-pada-lakṣyaṃ sa-yogaṃ vyākhyāyādhunā dhyeya-brahma-pratipādana-pradhānena madhyamena ṣaṭkena tat-padārtho vyākhyātavyaḥ | tatrāpi --
yoginām api sarveṣāṃ madgatenāntarātmanā |
śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṃ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ || [Gītā 6.47]
iti prāg-uktasya bhagavad-bhajanasya vyākhyānāya saptamo 'dhyāya ārabhyate | tatra kīdṛśaṃ bhagavato rūpaṃ bhajanīyaṃ kathaṃ vā tad-gato 'ntarātmā syād ity etad-dvayaṃ praṣṭavyam arjunenāpṛṣṭam api parama-kāruṇikatayā svayam eva vivakṣuḥ śrī-bhagavān uvāca mayīti |
mayi parameśvare sakala-jagad-āyatanatvādivividha-vibhūti-bhāgini āsaktaṃ viṣayāntara-parihāreṇa sarvadā niviṣṭaṃ mano yasya tava sa tvam | ataeva mad-āśrayo mad-eka-śaraṇaḥ | rājāśrayo bhāryādy-āsakta-manāś ca rāja-bhṛtyaḥ prasiddho mumukṣus tu mad-āśrayo mad-āsakta-manāś ca | tvaṃ tvad-vidho vā yogaṃ yuñjan manaḥ-samādhānaṃ ṣaṣṭhokta-prakāreṇa kurvan | asaṃśayaṃ yathā bhavaty evaṃ samagraṃ sarva-vibhūti-bala-śaktyaiśvaryādi-sampannaṃ māṃ yathā yena prakāreṇa jñāsyasi tac chṛṇūcyamānaṃ mayā ||1||
viśvanāthaḥ -
kadā sad-ānanda-bhuvo mahāprabhoḥ
kṛpāmṛtābdheś caraṇau śrayāmahe |
yathā tathā projjhita-mukti-tat-pathā
bhakty-adhvanā prema-sudhām ayāmahe ||
saptame bhajanīyasya śrī-kṛṣṇaiśvaryam ucyate |
na bhajante bhajante ye te cāpy uktāś caturvidhāḥ ||
prathamenādhyāya-ṣaṭkenāntaḥ-karaṇa-śuddhy-artha-kaniṣkām akarma-sāpekṣau mokṣa-phala-sādhakau jñāna-yogāv uktau | idānīm anena dvitīyādhyāya-ṣaṭkena karma-jñānādi-vimiśra-śravaṇān niṣkāmatva-sakāmatvābhyāṃ ca sālokyādi-sādhakas tathā sarva-mukhyaḥ karma-jñānādi-nirapekṣa eva premavat pārṣadatva-lakṣaṇa-mukti-phala-sādhakas tathā yat karmabhir yat tapasā jñāna-vairāgyataś ca yat ity ādau, sarvaṃ mad-bhakti-yogena mad-bhakto labhate 'ñjasā, svargāpavargaṃ mad-dhāma [BhP 1.20.32-33] ity ādy-ukter vināpi sādhanānantaraṃ svargāpavargādi-nikhila-sādhakaś ca paramaḥ svatantraḥ sarva-sukaro 'pi sarva-duṣkaraḥ śrīmad-bhakti-yoga ucyate |
nanu tam eva viditvā atimṛtyum eti [ŚvetU 6.15] iti śruteḥ | jñānaṃ vinā kevalayā bhaktyaiva kathaṃ mokṣaḥ brūṣe ? maivaṃ, tvam eva tat padārthaṃ paramātmānam eva viditvā sākṣād anubhūya, na tu tvaṃ-padārthaṃ ātmānaṃ nāpi prakṛtiṃ nāpi vastu-mātraṃ viditvā mṛtyum atyeti ity asyāḥ śruter arthaḥ | tatra sita-śarkarā-rasa-grahaṇe yathā rasanaiva kāraṇaṃ na tu cakṣuḥ-śrotrādikaṃ tathaiva guṇātītasya brahmaṇe grahaṇaṃ sambhavet, na tu dehādy-atiriktātma-jñānena sāttvikena | bhaktyāham ekayā grāhyaḥ [BhP 11.14.11] iti bhagavad-ukter iti | bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ [Gītā 18.55] ity atra sa-viśeṣaṃ pratipādayiṣyāmaḥ | jñāna-yogayor mukti-sādhanatva-prasiddhis tu tatrastha-guṇī-bhūta-bhakti-prabhāvād eva | tayā vinā tayor akiñcitkaratvasya bahuśaḥ
śravaṇāt |
kiṃ ca, asyāṃ śrutau viditvā ity anantaram eva-kārasyāprayogād eva | yoga-vyavacchedābhāve jñāpite sati, tasmād eva paramātmano viditāt kvacid aviditād api mokṣa ity artho labhyate | tataś ca bhakty-utthena nirguṇena paramātma-jñānena mokṣaḥ | kvacit tu bhakty-utthaṃ taj-jñānaṃ vināpi kevalena bhakti-mātreṇa mokṣa ity arthaḥ paryavasyati | yathā matsyaṇḍikā-piṇḍād rasanā-doṣeṇālabdha-svādād api bhuktāt tad-eka-nāśyo vyādhir naśyaty evātra na sandehaḥ | matsyaṇḍikāni te khaṇḍa-vikārā śarkarāsite ity amaraḥ | śrīmad-uddhavenoktam -
nanv īśvaro 'nubhajato 'viduṣo 'pi sākṣāc
chreyas tanoty agada-rāja ivopayuktaḥ [BhP 10.47.56] iti |
ekādaśe 'py uktaṃ - yat karmabhir yat tapasā jñāna-vairāgyataś ca yat ity ādau sarvaṃ mad-bhakti-yogena mad-bhakto labhate 'ñjasā [BhP 11.20.31-32] iti | ataeva yan-nāma-sakṛc-chravaṇāt pukkaso 'pi vimucyate saṃsārāt ity ādau bahuśo vākyair bhaktyaiva mokṣaḥ pratipādyata iti |
atha prakṛtam anusarāmaḥ |
yoginām api sarveṣāṃ madgatenāntarātmanā |
śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṃ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ || [Gītā 6.47]
iti tvad-vākyena tvan-manaskatve sati tvaj-jana-viṣayaka-śraddhāvattvam iti tvayā sva-bhakta-viśeṣa-lakṣaṇam eva kṛtam ity avagamyate | kintu sa ca kīdṛśo bhaktas tadīya-jñāna-vijñānayor adhikārī bhavatīty apekṣāyām āha mayy āsakteti dvābhyām | yadyapi -
bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir
anyatra caiṣa trika eka-kālaḥ |
prapadyamānasya yathāśnataḥ syus
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kṣud-apāyo 'nu-ghāsam || [BhP 11.2.42]
ity ukter bhajan-prakramata eva mad-anubhava-kramo 'pi bhavati, tad apy eka-grāsa-mātra-bhojinas tathā tuṣṭi-puṣṭī na spaṣṭe bhavataḥ, kintu bahutara-grāsa-bhojina eva | tathaiva mayi śyāmasundare pītāmbare āsaktam āsakti-bhūmikārūḍhaṃ mano yasya tathābhūta eva tvaṃ māṃ jñāsyasi | yathā spaṣṭam anubhaviṣyasi, tat śṛṇu kīdṛśaṃ yogaṃ mayā saha saṃyogaṃ yuñjan śanaiḥ śanaiḥ prāpnuvan mad-āśrayaḥ | mām eva, na tu jñāna-karmādikam āśrayamāṇo 'nanya-bhakta ity arthaḥ |
atrāsaṃśayaṃ samagram iti padābhyāṃ madīya-nirviśeṣa-brahma-svarūpa-jñānaṃ
kleśo 'dhikataras teṣām avyaktāsaktacetasām |
avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṃ dehavadbhir avāpyate || [Gītā 12.5]
ity agrimokteḥ sa-saṃśayam eva | tathā jñāninām upāsyaṃ yad brahma parama-mahato mama mahima-svarūpam eva | yad uktaṃ mayaiva satyavrataṃ prati matsya-rūpeṇa -
madīyaṃ mahimānaṃ ca paraṃ brahmeti śabditam |
vetsyasy anugṛhītaṃ me sampraśnair vivṛtaṃ hṛdi || [BhP 8.24.38] iti |
atrāpi brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham [Gītā 14.27] iti | ato maj-jñānam asamagram iti dyotitam ||1||
baladevaḥ -
saptame bhajanīyasya svasyaiśvaryaṃ prakīrtyate |
cāturvidhyaṃ ca bhajatāṃ tathaivābhajatām api ||
ādyena ṣaṭkenopāsakasya jīvasya svarūpaṃ tat-prāpti-sādhanaṃ ca prādhānyenoktam | madhyena tūpāsyasya svasya tat tac ca tathocyate | tatra ṣaṣṭhānta-nirdiṣṭaṃ tava bhajanīyaṃ rūpaṃ kīdṛśaṃ, kathaṃ vā bhajato 'ntarātmā tad-gataḥ syād ity etat pārthenāpṛṣṭam api kṛpālutvena svayam eva vivakṣur bhagavān uvāca mayīti | vyākhyāta-lakṣaṇe svopāsye mayy āsaktam atimātra-nirataṃ mano yasya sa tvam anyo vā tādṛśo mad-āśrayo mad-dāsya-sakhy-ādy-ekatamena bhāvena māṃ śaraṇaṃ gato yogaṃ mac-charaṇādi-lakṣaṇaṃ yuñjan kartuṃ pravṛttaḥ | asaṃśayaṃ yathā syāt tathā | kṛṣṇa eva paraṃ tattvam ato 'nyad veti sandeha-śūnyo mat-pāramya-niścayavān ity arthaḥ | samagraṃ sādhiṣṭhānaṃ savibhūtiṃ saparikaraṃ ca māṃ sarveśvaraṃ yena jñānena jñāsyasi
tan mayocyamānam avahita-manāḥ śṛṇu | he pārtha ! na ca samagram iti kārtsnyena sa jñānam ādiśatīti vācyam anantasya tasya tathājñānāsambhavāt | smṛtiś ca kārtsnyena nājo 'py abhidhātum īśaḥ iti |
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BhG 7.2
jñānaṃ te 'haṃ sa-vijñānam idaṃ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ |
yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo 'nyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣyate ||2||
śrīdharaḥ - vakṣyamāṇaṃ jñānaṃ stauti jñānam iti | jñānaṃ śāstrīyaṃ vijñānam anubhavaḥ | tat-sahitam idaṃ mad-viṣayam aśeṣataḥ sākalyena vakṣyāmi | yaj jñātveha śreyo-mārge vartamānasya punar anyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣṭaṃ na bhavati | tenaiva kṛtārtho bhavatīty arthaḥ ||2||
madhusūdanaḥ - jñāsyasīty ukte parokṣam eva taj jñānaṃ syād iti śaṅkāṃ vyāvartayan stauti śrotur ābhimukhyāya jñānam iti | idaṃ mad-viṣayaṃ svato 'parokṣa-jñānam | asambhāvanādi-pratibandhena phalam ajanayat parokṣam ity upacaryate asambhāvanādi-nirāse tu vicāra-paripākānte tenaiva pramāṇena janitaṃ jñānaṃ pratibandhābhāvāt phalaṃ janayad-aparokṣam ity ucyate | vicāra-paripāka-niṣpannatvāc ca tad eva vijñānaṃ, tena vijñānena sahitam idam aparokṣam eva jñānaṃ śāstra-janyaṃ te tubhyam ahaṃ param āpto vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ sādhana-phalādi-sahitatvena niravaśeṣaṃ kathayiṣyāmi | śrautīm eka-vijñānena sarva-vijñāna-pratijñām anusarann āha yaj-jñānaṃ nitya-caitanya-rūpaṃ jñātvā vedānta-janya-mano-vṛtti-viṣayīkṛtyeha vyavahāra-bhūmau bhūyaḥ punar api anyat
kiṃcid api jñātavyaṃ nāvaśiṣyate | sarvādhiṣṭhāna-san-mātra-jñānena kalpitānāṃ sarveṣāṃ bādhe san-mātra-pariśeṣāt tan-mātra-jñānenaiva tvaṃ kṛtārtho bhaviṣyasīty abhiprāyaḥ ||2||
viśvanāthaḥ - tatra mad-bhakter āsakti-bhūmikātaḥ pūrvam api me jñānam aiśvarya-mayaṃ bhavet | tad-uttaraṃ vijñānaṃ mādhuryānubhava-mayaṃ bhavet | tad-ubhayam api tvaṃ śṛṇv ity āha jñānam iti | anyaj jñātavyaṃ nāviśiṣyate iti man-nirviśeṣa-brahma-jñāna-vijñāne 'py etad-antarbhūta evety arthaḥ ||2||
baladevaḥ -- vakṣyamāṇaṃ jñānaṃ stauti jñānam iti | idaṃ cid-acic-chaktimat-svarūpa-viṣayakaṃ jñānaṃ | tac ca sa-vijñānam vakṣyāmi | tac-chakti-dvaya-vivikta-svarūpa-viṣayakaṃ jñānaṃ vijñānaṃ tena sahitaṃ te tubhyaṃ prapannāyāśeṣataḥ sāmagryeṇopadekṣyāmīty arthaḥ | yat svarūpaṃ sarva-kāraṇaṃ yac ca dhyeyaṃ tad ubhaya-viṣayakaṃ jñānam atra vaktuṃ pratijñātaṃ yaj jñānaṃ jñātveha śreyo-vartmani niviṣṭasya jijñāsos tavānyaj jñātavyaṃ nāvaśiṣyate | sarvasya tad-antarbhāvāt ||2||
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BhG 7.3
manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu kaś cid yatati siddhaye |
yatatām api siddhānāṃ kaś cin māṃ vetti tattvataḥ ||3||
śrīdharaḥ - mad-bhaktiṃ vinā tu yaj jñānaṃ durlabham ity āha manuṣyāṇām iti | asaṅkhyātānāṃ jīvānāṃ madhye manuṣya-vyatiriktānāṃ śreyasi pravṛttir eva nāsti | manuṣyāṇāṃ tu sahasreṣu madhye kaścid eva puṇya-vaśāt siddhaya ātma-jñānāya prayatate | prayatnaṃ kurvatām api sahasreṣu kaścid eva prakṛṣṭa-puṇya-vaśād ātmānaṃ vetti | tādṛśānāṃ cātma-jñānāṃ sahasreṣu kaścid eva māṃ paramātmānaṃ mat-prasādena tattvato vetti | tad evam atidurlabham api yaj jñānaṃ tubhyam ahaṃ vakṣyāmīty arthaḥ ||3||
madhusūdanaḥ - atidurlabhaṃ caitan-mad-anugraham antareṇa mahā-phalaṃ jñānam | yato manuṣyāṇām iti | manuṣyāṇāṃ śāstrīya-jñāna-karma-yogyānāṃ sahasreṣu madhye kaścid eko 'neka-janma-kṛta-sukṛta-samāsādita-nityānitya-vastu-vivekaḥ san yatati yatate siddhaye sattva-śuddhi-dvārā jñānotpattaye | yatatāṃ yatamānānāṃ jñānāya siddhānāṃ prāg-arjita-sukṛtānāṃ sādhakānām api madhye kaścid ekaḥ śravaṇa-manana-nididhyāsana-paripākānte mām īśvaraṃ vetti sākṣātkaroti tattvataḥ pratyag-abhedena tattvam asīty ādi-gurūpadiṣṭa-mahā-vākyebhyaḥ | anekeṣu manuṣyeṣv ātma-jñāna-sādhanānuṣṭhāyī parama-durlabhaḥ | sādhanānuṣṭhāyiṣv api madhye phala-bhāgī parama-durlabha iti kiṃ vaktavyam asya jñānasya māhātmyam ity abhiprāyaḥ ||3||
viśvanāthaḥ - etac ca sa-vijñānaṃ maj-jñānaṃ pūrvam adhyāya-ṣaṭke prokta-lakṣaṇair jñānibhir yogibhir api durlabham iti vadana prathamaṃ vijñānam āha manuṣyāṇām iti | asaṅkhyātānāṃ jīvānāṃ madhye kaścid eve manuṣyo bhavati | manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu madhye kaścid eva śreyase yatate | tādṛśānām api manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu kaścid eva māṃ śyāmasundarākāraṃ tattvato vetti sākṣād anubhavatīti nirviśeṣa-brahmānubhavānandāt sahasra-guṇādhikaṃ sa-viśeṣa-brahmānubhavānandaḥ syād iti bhāvaḥ ||3||
baladevaḥ - sva-jñānasya daurlabhyam āha manuṣyāṇām iti | uccāvaca-dheātma-asaṅkhyātā jīvās teṣu katicid eva manuṣyās teṣāṃ śāstrādhikāra-yogyānāṃ sahasreṣu madhye kaścid eva sat-prasaṅga-vaśāt siddhaye sva-parātmāvalokanāya yatate, na tu sarvaḥ | tādṛśānāṃ yatatāṃ yatamānānāṃ siddhānāṃ labdha-sva-parātmāvalokanānāṃ sahasreṣu madhye kaścid evaiko māṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tattvato vetti | ayam arthaḥ - śāstrīyārthānuṣṭhāyino bahavo manuṣyāḥ paramāṇu-caitanyaṃ svātmānaṃ prādeśa-mātraṃ mat-svāṃśaṃ paramātmānaṃ cānubhūya vimucyante | māṃ tu yaśodā-stanandhayaṃ kṛṣṇam adhunā tvat-sārathiṃ kaścid eva tādṛśa-sat-prasaṅgāvāpta-mad-bhaktis tattvato yāthātmyena vetti | avicintyānanta-śaktikatvena nikhila-kāraṇatvena
sārvajñya-sārvaiśvarya-svabhakta-vātsalyādy-asaṅkhyeya-kalyāṇa-guṇa-ratnākaratvena pūrṇa-brahmatvena cānubhavatīty arthaḥ | vakṣyati ca sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ [Gītā 7.19], māṃ tu veda na kaścana [Gītā 7.26] iti ||3||
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BhG 7.4
bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṃ mano buddhir eva ca |
ahaṃkāra itīyaṃ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā ||4||
śrīdharaḥ - evaṃ śrotāram abhimukhīkṛtyedānīṃ prakṛti-dvārā sṛṣṭy-ādi-kartṛtveneśvara-tattvaṃ pratijñātaṃ nirūpayiṣyan parāpara-bhedena prakṛti-dvayam āha bhūmir iti dvyābhyām | bhūmy-ādi-śabdaiḥ pañca-gandhādi-tan-mātrāṇy ucyante | manaḥ-śabdena tat-kāraṇa-bhūto 'haṅkāraḥ | buddhi-śabdena tat-kāraṇaṃ mahat-tattvam ahaṅkāra-śabdena tat-kāraṇam avidyā | ity evam aṣṭadhā bhinnā | yad vā bhūmy-ādi-śabdaiḥ pañca-mahā-bhūtāni sūkṣmaiḥ sahikīkṛtya gṛhyante | ahaṅkāra-śabdenaivāhaṅkāras tenaiva tat-kāryāṇīndriyāṇy api gṛhyante | buddhir iti mahat-tattvam | manaḥ-śabdena tu manasaivonneyam avyakta-rūpaṃ pradhānam iti | anena prakāreṇa me pakṛtir māyākhyā śaktir aṣṭadhā bhinnā vibhāgaṃ prāptā | caturviṃśati-bheda-bhinnāpy
aṣṭa-svaivāntarbhāva-vivakṣayāṣṭadhā bhinnety uktam | tathā ca kṣetrādhyāya imām eva prakṛtiṃ caturviṃśati-tattvātmanā prapañcayiṣyati -
mahābhūtāny ahaṅkāro buddhir avyaktam eva ca |
indriyāṇi daśaikaṃ ca pañca cendriya-gocarāḥ || [Gītā 13.5] iti ||4||
madhusūdanaḥ - evaṃ prarocanena śrotāram abhimukhīkṛtyātmanaḥ sarvātmakatvena paripūrṇatvam avatārayann ādāv aparāṃ prakṛtim upanyasyati bhūmir iti | sāṅkhyair hi pañca tan-mātrāṇy ahaṅkāro mahān avyaktam ity aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ pañca mahā-bhūtāni pañca karmendriyāṇi pañca jñānendriyāṇi ubhaya-sādhāraṇaṃ manaś ceti ṣoḍaśa vikārā ucyante | etāny eva caturviṃśatis tattvāni | tatra bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ kham iti pṛthvy-ap-tejo-vāyv-ākāśākhya-pañca-mahābhūta-sūkṣmāvasthā-rūpāṇi gandha-rasa-rūpa-sparśa-śabdātmakāni pañca-tan-mātrāṇi lakṣyante | buddhy-ahaṅkāra-śabdau tu svārthāv eva | manaḥ-śabdena ca pariśiṣṭam avyaktaṃ lakṣyante prakṛti-śabda-sāmānādhikaraṇyena svārtha-hāner āvaśyakatvāt |
manaḥ-śabdena vā sva-kāraṇam ahaṅkāro lakṣyate pañca-tanmātra-saṃnikarṣāt | buddhi-śabdas tv ahaṅkāra-kāraṇe mahat-tattve mukhya-vṛttir eva | ahaṅkāra-śabdena ca sarva-vāsanā-vāsitam avidyātmakam avyaktaṃ lakṣyante pravartakatvādy-asādhāraṇa-dharma-yogāc ca | iti ukta-prakāreṇeyam aparokṣā sākṣi-bhāsyatvāt prakṛtir māyākhyā pārameśvarī śaktir anirvacanīya-svabhāvā triguṇātmikāṣṭadhā bhinno 'ṣṭabhiḥ prakārair bhedam āgatā | sarvo 'pi jaḍa-vargo 'traivāntarbhavatīty arthaḥ | sva-siddhānte cekṣaṇa-saṅkalpātmakau māyā-pariṇāmāv eva buddhy-ahaṅkārau | pañca-tan-mātrāṇi cāpañcīkṛta-pañca-mahā-bhūtānīty asakṛd avocām ||4||
viśvanāthaḥ -atha bhakti-mate jñānaṃ nāma bhagavad-aiśvarya-jñānam eva, na tu dehādy-atiriktātma-jñānam eveti | ataḥ svīyaiśvarya-jñānaṃ nirūpayan parāpara-bhedena svīya-prakṛti-dvayam āha bhūmir iti dvābhyām | bhūmy-ādi-śabdaiḥ pañca-mahā-bhūtāni sūkṣma-bhūtair gandhādibhiḥ sahaikīkṛtya saṅgṛhyante, ahaṅkāra-śabdena tat-kārya-bhūtānīndriyāṇi tat-kāraṇa-bhūta-mahat-tattvam api gṛhyate | buddhi-manasoḥ pṛthag-uktis tattveṣu tayoḥ prādhānyāt ||4||
baladevaḥ - evaṃ śrotāraṃ pārtham abhimukhīkṛtya svasya kāraṇa-svarūpaṃ cid-acic-chaktimad vaktuṃ te śaktī prāha bhūmir iti dvābhyām | caturviṃśatidhā prakṛtir bhūmy-ādy-ātmanāṣṭadhā bhinnā me madīyā bodhyā tan-mātrādīnāṃ bhūmy-ādiṣv antarbhāvād ihāpi caturviṃśatidhaivāvaseyā | tatra bhūmy-ādiṣu pañcasu bhūteṣu tat-kāraṇānāṃ gandhānāṃ pañcānāṃ tan-mātrāṇām antar-bhāvaḥ | ahaṅkāre tat-kāryāṇām ekādaśānām indriyāṇām | buddhi-śabdo mahat-tattvam āha | manaḥ-śabdas tu mano-gamyam avyakta-rūpaṃ pradhānam iti | śrutiś caivam āha-caturviṃśati-saṅkhyānām avyaktaṃ vyaktam ucyate iti | svayaṃ ca kṣetrādhyāye vakṣyati mahābhūtāny ahaṅkāraḥ [Gītā 13.5] ity ādinā ||4||
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BhG 7.5
apareyam itas tv anyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi me parām |
jīva-bhūtāṃ mahā-bāho yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat ||5||
śrīdharaḥ - aparām imāṃ prakṛtim upasaṃharan parāṃ prakṛtim āha apareyam iti | aṣṭadhā yā prakṛtir ukteyam aparā nikṛṣṭā jaḍatvāt parārthatvāc ca | itaḥ sakāśāt parāṃ prakṛṣṭām anyāṃ jīva-bhūtāṃ jīva-svarūpāṃ me prakṛtiṃ viddhi jānīhi | paratve hetuḥ yayā cetanayā kṣetrajña-rūpayā svakarma-dvāreṇedaṃ jagad dhāryate ||5||
madhusūdanaḥ - evaṃ kṣetra-lakṣaṇāyāḥ prakṛter aparatvaṃ vadan kṣetrajña-lakṣaṇāṃ parāṃ prakṛtim āha apareyam iti | yā prāg aṣṭadhoktā prakṛtiḥ sarvācetana-varga-rūpā seyam aparā nikṛṣṭā jaḍatvāt parārthatvāt saṃsāra-bandha-rūpatvāc ca | itas tv acetana-varga-rūpāyāḥ kṣetra-lakṣaṇāyāḥ prakṛter anyāṃ vilakṣaṇāṃ tu-śabdād yathā-kathaṃcid apy abhedāyogyāṃ jīva-bhūtāṃ cetanātmikāṃ kṣetrajña-lakṣaṇāṃ me mamātma-bhūtāṃ viśuddhāṃ parāṃ prakṛṣṭāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi he mahābāho, yayā kṣetrajña-lakṣaṇayā jīva-bhūtayāntar-anupraviṣṭayā prakṛtyedaṃ jagad-acetana-jātaṃ dhāryate svato viśīrya uttamyate anena jīvenātmanānupraviśa nāma-rūpe vyākaravāṇi iti śruteḥ | na hi jīva-rahitaṃ dhārayituṃ
śakyam ity abhiprāyaḥ ||5||
viśvanāthaḥ - iyaṃ prakṛtir variyaṅgākhyā śaktir aparānutkṛṣṭā jaḍatvāt | ito 'nyāṃ prakṛtiṃ taṭasthāṃ śaktiṃ jīva-bhūtāṃ parām utkṛṣṭāṃ viddhi caitanyatvāt | asyā utkṛṣṭatve hetuḥ yayā cetanayedaṃ jagad acetanaṃ svabhogārthaṃ gṛhyate ||5||
baladevaḥ - eṣā prakṛtir aparā nikṛṣṭā jaḍatvād bhogyatvāc ceto jaḍāyāḥ prakṛter anyāṃ parāṃ cetanatvād bhoktṛtvāc cotkṛṣṭāṃ jīva-bhūtāṃ me madīyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi | he mahābāho pārtha ! paratve hetuḥ yayeti | yayā cetanayā idaṃ jagat sva-karma-dvārā dhāryate śayyāsanādivat sva-bhogāya gṛhyate | śrutiś ca harer eveyaṃ śaktis tvayīty āha pradhāna-kṣetrajña-patir guṇeśaḥ [ŚvetU 6.16] iti |
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BhG 7.6
etad-yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇīty upadhāraya |
ahaṃ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā ||6||
śrīdharaḥ - anayoḥ prakṛtitvaṃ darśayan svasya tad-dvārā sṛṣṭy-ādi-kāraṇatvam āha etad iti | ete kṣetra-kṣetrajña-rūpe prakṛtī yonī kāraṇa-bhūte yeṣāṃ tāny etad-yonīni | sthāvara-jaṅgamātmakāni sarvāṇi bhūtānīty upadhāraya budhyasva | tatra jaḍā prakṛtir deha-rūpeṇa pariṇamate | cetanā tu mad-aṃśa-bhūtā bhoktṛtvena deheṣu praviśya svakarmaṇā tāni dhārayati | te ca madīye prakṛtī mattaḥ sambhūte | ato 'ham eva kṛtsnasya sa-prakṛtikasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ | prakarṣeṇa bhavaty asmād iti prabhavaḥ | paraṃ kāraṇam aham ity arthaḥ | tathā pralīyate 'neneti pralayaḥ | saṃhartāpy aham evety arthaḥ ||6||
madhusūdanaḥ - ukta-prakṛti-dvaye kārya-liṅgakam anumānaṃ pramāṇayan svasya tad-dvārā jaga-sṛṣṭy-ādi-kāraṇatvaṃ darśayati etad-yonīnīti | ete aparatvena paratvena ca prāg-ukte kṣetra-kṣetrajña-lakṣaṇe prakṛtī yonir yeṣāṃ tāny etad-yonīni bhūtāni bhavana-dharmakāṇi sarvāṇi cetanācetanātmakāni janimanti nikhilānīty evam upadhāraya jānīhi | kāryāṇāṃ cid-acid-granthi-rūpatvāt kāraṇam api cid-acid-granthi-rūpam anuminv ity arthaḥ | evaṃ kṣetra-kṣetrajña-lakṣaṇe mamopādhi-bhūte yataḥ prakṛtī bhavatas tatas tad-dvārāhaṃ sarvajñaḥ sarveśvaro 'nanta-śakti-māyopādhiḥ kṛtsnasya carācarātmakasya jagataḥ sarvasya kārya-vargasya prabhava utpatti-kāraṇaṃ pralayas tathā vināśa-kāraṇam | svāpnikasyeva prapañcasya māyikasya māyāśarayatva-viṣayatvābhyāṃ
māyāvy aham evopādānaṃ draṣṭā cety arthaḥ ||6||
viśvanāthaḥ - etac chakti-dvaya-dvāraiva svasya jagat-kāraṇatvam āha etad iti | ete māyā-śakti-jīva-śaktī kṣetra-kṣetrajña-rūpe yonī kāraṇa-bhūte yeṣāṃ tāni sthāvara-jaṅgamātmakāni bhūtāni jānīhi | ataḥ kṛtsnasya sarvasyāsya jagataḥ prabhavo mac-chakti-dvaya-prabhūtatvād aham eva sraṣṭā | pralayas tac-chaktimati mayy eva pralīna-bhāvitvād aham evāsya saṃhartā ||6||
baladevaḥ -- etac chakti-dvaya-dvāraiva sarva-jagat-kāraṇatāṃ svasyāha etad iti | sarvāṇi sthira-carāṇi bhūtāny etad-yonīni upadhāraya viddhi | ete 'para-pare kṣetra-kṣetrajña-śabda-vācye mac-chaktī yonī kāraṇa-bhūte yeṣāṃ tānīty arthaḥ | te ca prakṛtī madīye matta eva sambhūte | ataḥ kṛtsnasya sa-prakṛtikasya jagato 'ham eva prabhava utpatti-hetuḥ | prabhavaty asmāt iti vyutpatteḥ | tasya pralaya-saṃhartāpy aham eva pralīyate 'nena iti vyutpatteḥ ||6||
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BhG 7.7
mattaḥ parataraṃ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya |
mayi sarvam idaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva ||7||
śrīdharaḥ - yasmād evaṃ tasmāt matta iti | mattaḥ sakāśāt parataraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ jagataḥ sṛṣṭi-saṃhārayoḥ svatantraṃ kāraṇaṃ kiñcid api nāsti | sthiti-hetur apy aham evety āha mayīti | mayi sarvam idaṃ jagat protaṃ grathitam āśritam ity arthaḥ | dṛṣṭāntaḥ spaṣṭaḥ ||7||
madhusūdanaḥ - yasmād aham eva māyayā sarvasya jagato janma-sthiti-bhaṅga-hetus tasmāt paramārthataḥ matta iti | nikhila-dṛśyākāra-pariṇata-māyādhiṣṭhānāt sarva-bhāsakān mattaḥ sad-rūpeṇa sphuraṇa-rūpeṇa ca sarvānusyūtān sva-prakāśa-paramānanda-caitanya-ghanāt paramārtha-satyāt svapna-dṛśa iva svāpnikaṃ māyāvina iva māyikaṃ śukti-śakalāvacchinna-caitanyādivat-tad-ajñāna-kalpitaṃ rajataṃ parataraṃ paramārtha-satyam anyat kiṃcid api nāsti he dhanañjaya | mayi kalpitaṃ paramārthato na matto bhidyata ity arthaḥ tad ananyatvam ārambhaṇa-śabdādibhyaḥ [Vs 2.1.14] iti nyāyāt | vyavahāra-dṛṣṭyā tu mayi sad-rūpe sphuraṇa-rūpe ca sarvam idaṃ jaḍa-jātaṃ protaṃ grathitaṃ mat-sattayā sad iva mat-sphuraṇena ca sphurad iva vyavahārāya māyā-mayāya kalpate | sarvasya caitanya-grathitatva-mātre
dṛṣṭāntaḥ - sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iveti | athavā sūtre taijasātmani hiraṇyagarbhe svapna-dṛśi svapna-protā maṇi-gaṇā iveti sarvāṃśe dṛṣṭānto vyākhyeyaḥ |
anye tu param ataḥ setūn māna-sambandha-bheda-vyapadeśebhyaḥ [Vs 3.2.31] iti sūtroktasya pūrva-pakṣasyottaratvena ślokam imaṃ vyācakṣate | mattaḥ sarvajñāt sarva-śakteḥ sarva-kāraṇāt parataraṃ praśasyataraṃ sarvasya jagataḥ sṛṣṭi-saṃhārayoḥ svatantraṃ kāraṇam anyan nāsti he dhanañjaya ! yasmād evaṃ tasmān mayi sarva-kāraṇe sarvam idaṃ kārya-jātaṃ protaṃ grathitaṃ nānyan na | sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iveti dṛṣṭāntas tu grathitatva-mātre na tu kāraṇatve | kanake kuṇḍalādivad iti tu yogyo dṛṣṭāntaḥ ||7||
viśvanāthaḥ -- yasmād evaṃ tasmād aham eva sarvam ity āha mattaḥ parataram anyat kiñcid apii nāsti | kārya-kāraṇayor aikyāt śakti-śaktimator aikyāc ca | tathā ca śrutiḥ ekam evādvitīyaṃ brahma, neha nānāsti kiñcana iti | evaṃ svasya sarvātmakatvam uktvā sarvāntaryāmitvaṃ cāha mayīti | sarvam idaṃ cij-jaḍātmakaṃ jagat mat-kāryatvān mad-ātmakam api punar mayy antaryāmiṇi protaṃ grathitaṃ yathā sūtre maṇi-gaṇāḥ protāḥ | madhusūdana-sarasvatī-pādās tu sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iveti dṛṣṭāntas tu grathitatva-mātre, na tu kāraṇatve kanake kuṇḍalādivad iti tu yogyo dṛṣṭānta ity āhuḥ ||7||
baladevaḥ - nanu sthira-carayor apara-parayoḥ prakṛtyor api tvam eva tac-chaktimān yonir ity ukter nikhila-jagad-bījatvaṃ tava pratītaṃ, na tu sarva-paratvam | tac ca tad-bījāt tvatto 'nyasyaiva -
tato yad uttarataraṃ tad arūpam anāmayam |
ya etad vidur amṛtās te bhavanti athetare
duḥkham evāpi yanti || [ŚvetU 3.10] iti śravaṇād iti cet tatrāha matta iti |
mattas tvat-sakhāt kṛṣṇāt parataraḥ śreṣṭham anyat kiñcid api nāsty aham eva sarva-śreṣṭhaṃ vastv ity arthaḥ | nanu tato yad uttarataram ity ādāv anyathā śrutim iti cen mandam etat kṣodākṣamatvāt | tathā hi
vedāham etaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntam
ādity-varṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt |
tam eva vidvān amṛta iha bhavati
nānyaḥ panthā vidyate 'nayanāya || iti [ŚvetU 3.8]
śvetāśvataraiḥ sarva-jagad-bījasya mahā-puruṣasya viṣṇor jñānam amṛtasya panthās tato nāstīty upadiśya tad-upapādanāya
yasmāt paraṃ nāparam asti kiñcid
yasmān nāṇīyona jyāyo 'sti kiñcit
iti tasyaiva paramatvaṃ tad-itarasya tad-asambhavaṃ ca pratipādya | tato yad uttarotaraṃ ity ādinā pūrvoktam eva nigamitam | na tu tato 'nyac-chreṣṭham astīti uktam | tathā sati teṣāṃ mṛṣāvāditvāpatteḥ | evam āha sūtrakāraḥ-tathānya-pratiṣedhāt [Vs 3.2.36] iti | mad-anyasya kasyacid api śraiṣṭhyābhāvād aham eva mad-anya-sarvāśraya ity āha mayīti | protaṃ grathitaṃ sphuṭam anyat | etena viśvapālakatvaṃ svasyoktam ||7||
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BhG 7.8
raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ |
praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṃ nṛṣu ||8||
śrīdharaḥ - jagataḥ sthiti-hetutvam eva prapañcati raso 'ham iti pañcabhiḥ | apsu raso 'haṃ rasa-tan-mātra-rūpayā vibhūtyā tad-āśrayatenāpsu-sthito 'ham ity arthaḥ | tathā śaśi-sūryayoḥ prabhāsmi | candre sūrye ca prakāśa-rūpayā vibhūtyā tad-āśrayatvena sthito 'ham ity arthaḥ | uttarātrāpy evaṃ draṣṭavyam | sarveṣu vedeṣu vaikharī-rūpeṣu tan-mūla-bhūtaḥ praṇava oṅkāro 'smi | kha ākāśe śabda-tan-mātra-rūpo 'smi | nṛṣu puruṣeṣu pauruṣam udyamam asmi | udyame hi puruṣās tiṣṭhanti ||8||
madhusūdanaḥ - avādīnāṃ rasādiṣu protatva-pratīteḥ kathaṃ tvayi sarvam idaṃ protam iti ca na śaṅkyaṃ rasādi-rūpeṇa mamaiva sthitatvād ity āha raso 'ham iti pañcabhiḥ | rasaḥ puṇyo madhuras tan-mātra-rūpaḥ sarvāsām apāṃ sāraḥ kāraṇa-bhūto yo 'psu sarvāsvanugataḥ so 'haṃ he kaunteya tad-rūpe mayi sarvā āpaḥ protā ity arthaḥ | evaṃ sarveṣu paryāyeṣu vyākhyātavyam | iyaṃ vibhūtir ādhyānāyopadiśyata iti nātīvābhiniveṣṭavyam | tathā porabhā prakāśaḥ śaśi-sūryayor aham asmi | prakāśa-sāmānya-rūpe mayi śaśi-sūryau protāv ity arthaḥ | tathā praṇaya oṅkāraḥ sarva-vedeṣv anusyūto 'haṃ tad yathā śaṅkunā sarvāṇi parṇāni saṃtṛṇṇāny evam oṅkāreṇa sarvā vāk iti śruteḥ | saṃtṛṇṇāni grathitāni | sarvā vāk sarvo veda ity arthaḥ |
śabdaḥ puṇyas tan-mātra-rūpaḥ kha ākāśe 'nusyūto 'ham | pauruṣaṃ puruṣatva-sāmānyaṃ nṛṣu puruṣeṣu yad anusyūtaṃ tad aham | sāmānya-rūpe mayi sarve viśeṣāḥ protāḥ śrautair dundubhy-ādi-dṛṣṭāntair iti sarvatra draṣṭavyam ||8||
viśvanāthaḥ - sva-kārye jagaty atra yathāham antaryāmi-rūpeṇa praviṣṭo varte, tathā kvacit kāraṇa-rūpeṇa kvacit kāryeṣu manuṣyādiṣu sāra-rūpeṇāpy ahaṃ varta ity āha raso 'ham iti caturbhiḥ | apsu rasa tat-kāraṇa-bhūto mad-vibhūtir ity arthaḥ | evaṃ sarvatrāgre 'pi | prabhā prabhā-rūpaḥ | praṇava oṅkāraḥ sarva-veda-kāraṇam | ākāśe śabdas tat-kāraṇam | nṛṣu pauruṣam sakala udyama-viśeṣa eva manuṣya-sāraḥ ||8||
baladevaḥ - tattvaṃ darśayati raso 'ham iti pañcabhiḥ | apsu raso 'haṃ rasa-tan-mātrayā vibhūtyā tāḥ pālayan tāsv ahaṃ vartate | tāṃ vinā tāsām asthiteḥ | śaśini sūrye cāhaṃ prabhāsmi prabhayā vibhūtyā tau pālayan tayor ahaṃ varte | evaṃ paratra draṣṭavyam | vaikharī-rūpeṣu sarva-vedeṣu tan-mūla-bhūtaḥ praṇavo 'ham | khe nabhasi śabdas tan-mātra-lakṣaṇo 'ham | nṛṣu pauruṣaṃ phalavān udyamo 'ham | tenaiva teṣāṃ sthiteḥ ||8||
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BhG 7.9
puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ca tejaś cāsmi vibhāvasau |
jīvanaṃ sarva-bhūteṣu tapaś cāsmi tapasviṣu ||9||
śrīdharaḥ - kiṃ ca puṇya iti | puṇyo 'vikṛto gandho gandha-tan-mātram | pṛthivyā āśraya-bhūto 'ham ity arthaḥ | yad vā vibhūti-rūpeṇāśrayatvasya vivakṣitatvāt surabhi-gandhasyaivotkṛṣṭatayā vibhūtitvāt puṇyo gandha ity uktam | tathā vibhāvasāgnau yat tejo duḥsahā sahajā dīptis tad aham | sarva-bhūteṣu jīvanaṃ prāṇa-dhāraṇa-vāyur aham ity arthaḥ | tapasviṣu vānaprasthādiṣu dvandva-sahana-rūpaṃ tapo 'smi ||9||
madhusūdanaḥ - puṇyaḥ surabhir avikṛto gandhaḥ sarva-pṛthivī-sāmānya-rūpas tan-mātrākhyaḥ pṛthivyām anusyūto 'ham | ca-kāro rasādīnām api puṇyatva-samuccayārthaḥ | śabda-sparśa-rūpa-rasa-gandhānāṃ hi svabhāvata eva puṇyatvam avikṛtatvaṃ prāṇinām adharma-viśeṣāt tu teṣām apuṇyatvaṃ na tu svabhāvata iti draṣṭavyam | tathā vibhāvasāv agnau yat tejaḥ sarva-dahana-prakāśana-sāmarthya-rūpam uṣṇa-sparśa-sahitaṃ sita-bhāsvaraṃ rūpaṃ puṇyaṃ tad aham asmi | ca-kārādyo vāyau puṇya uṣṇa-sparśāturāṇām āpyāyakaḥ śīta-sparśaḥ so 'py aham iti draṣṭavyam |
sarva-bhūteṣu sarveṣu prāṇiṣu jīvanaṃ prāṇa-dhāraṇam āyur aham asmi | tad-rūpe mayi sarve prāṇinaḥ protā ity arthaḥ | tapasviṣu nityaṃ tapo-yukteṣu vānaprasthādiṣu yat tapaḥ śītoṣṇa-kṣut-pipāsādi-dvandva-sahana-sāmarthya-rūpaṃ tad aham asmi | tad-rūpe mayi tapasvinaḥ protā viśeṣaṇābhāve viśiṣṭābhāvāt | tapaś ceti ca-kāreṇa cittaikāgryam āntaraṃ jihvopasthādi-nigraha-lakṣaṇaṃ bāhyaṃ ca sarvaṃ tapaḥ samuccīyate ||9||
viśvanāthaḥ -- puṇyo 'vikṛto gandhaḥ puṇyas tu cārv api ity amaraḥ | ca-kāro rasādīnām api puṇyatva-samuccayārthaḥ | tejaḥ sarva-vastu-pācana-prakāśana-śīta-trāṇādi-sāmarthya-rūpaḥ sāraḥ | jīvanam āyur eva sāraḥ | tapo dvandva-sahanādikam eva sāraḥ ||9||
baladevaḥ -- puṇyo 'vikṛto gandhas tan-mātra-lakṣaṇaḥ | ca-kāro rasādīnām aham api puṇyatva-samuccāyakaḥ | vibhāvasau vahnau tejaḥ sarva-vastu-pacana-prakāśanādi-sāmarthya-rūpaṃ ca śadād vāyau yaḥ puṇyaḥ sparśa uṣṇa-sparśa-vyākulānām āpāyakaḥ so 'ham iti bodhyam | jīvanam āyus tapo dvandva-sahanam ||9||
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BhG 7.10
bījaṃ māṃ sarva-bhūtānāṃ viddhi pārtha sanātanam |
buddhir buddhimatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham ||10||
śrīdharaḥ - kiṃ ca bījam iti | sarveṣāṃ carācarāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ bījaṃ sajātīya-kāryotpādana-sāmarthyam | sanātanaṃ nityam uttarottara-sarva-kāryeṣv anusyūtam | tad eva bījaṃ mad-vibhūtiṃ viddhi | na tu prativyakti vinaśyam | tathā buddhimatāṃ buddhiḥ prajñāham asmi | tejasvināṃ pragalbhānāṃ tejaḥ pragalbhatām ||10||
madhusūdanaḥ - sarvāṇi bhūtāni sva-sva-bījeṣu protāni na tu svayīti cen nety āha bījam iti | yat sarva-bhūtānāṃ sthāvara-jaṅgamānām ekaṃ bījaṃ kāraṇaṃ | sanātanaṃ nityaṃ bījāntarānapekṣaṃ na tu prativyakti-bhinnam anityaṃ vā tad-avyākṛtākhyaṃ sarva-bījaṃ mām eva viddhi na tu mad-bhinnaṃ he pārtha | ato yuktam ekasminn eva mayi sarva-bīje protatvaṃ sarveṣām ity arthaḥ | kiṃ ca buddhis tattvātattva-viveka-sāmarthyaṃ tādṛśa-buddhimatām aham asmi | buddhi-rūpe mayi buddhimantaḥ protā viśeṣaṇābhāve viśiṣṭābhāvasyoktatvāt | tathā tejaḥ prāgalbhyaṃ parābhibhava-sāmarthyaṃ pariś cānabhibhāvyatvaṃ tejasvināṃ tathāvidha-prāgalbhya-yuktānāṃ yat tad aham asmi, tejo-rūpe mayi tejasvinaḥ protā ity arthaḥ ||10||
viśvanāthaḥ - bījam avikṛtaṃ kāraṇaṃ pradhānākhyam ity arthaḥ | sanātanaṃ nityaṃ buddhimatāṃ buddhir eva sāraḥ ||10||
baladevaḥ - sarva-bhūtānāṃ carācarāṇāṃ yad eka-bījaṃ sanātanaṃ nityaṃ, na tu prativyakti-bhinnam anityaṃ vā tat pradhānākhyaṃ sarva-bījaṃ mām eva viddhi tad-rūpayā vibhūtyā tāny ahaṃ pālayāmi tat-pareṇa hi tāni puṣyante | buddhiḥ sārāsāra-vivekavatī | tejaḥ prāgalbhyaṃ parābhibhava-sāmarthyaṃ parān abhibhāvyatvaṃ ca ||10||
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BhG 7.11
balaṃ balavatāṃ cāhaṃ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam |
dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo 'smi bharatarṣabha ||11||
śrīdharaḥ - kiṃ ca balam iti | kāmo 'prāpte vastuny abhilāṣo rājasaḥ | rāgaḥ punar abhilaṣite 'rthe prāpte 'pi punar adhike 'rthe citta-rañjanātmakas tṛṣṇāpara-paryāyas tāmasaḥ | tābhyāṃ vivarjitaṃ balavatāṃ balam aham asmi | sāttvikaṃ sva-dharmānuṣṭhāna-sāmarthyam aham ity arthaḥ | dharmeṇāviruddhaḥ sva-dāreṣu putrotpādana-mātropayogī kāmo 'ham iti ||11||
madhusūdanaḥ - aprāpto viṣayaḥ prāpti-kāraṇābhāve 'pi prāpyatām ity ākāraś citta-vṛtti-viśeṣaḥ kāmaḥ | prāpto viṣayaḥ kṣaya-kāraṇe saty api na kṣīyatām ity evam-ākāraś citta-vṛtti-viśeṣo rañjanātmā rāgas tābhyāṃ viśeṣeṇa varjitaṃ sarvathā tad-akāraṇaṃ rajas-tamo-virahitaṃ yat svadharmānuṣṭhānāya dehendriyādi-dhāraṇa-sāmarthyaṃ sāttvikaṃ balam balavatāṃ tādṛśa-sāttvika-bala-yuktānāṃ saṃsāra-parāṅmukhānāṃ tad aham asmi | tad-rūpe mayi balavantaḥ protā ity arthaḥ | ca-śabdas tu-śabdārtho bhinna-kramaḥ | kāma-rāga-vivarjitam eva balaṃ mad-rūpatvena dhyeyaṃ na tu saṃsāriṇāṃ kāma-rāga-kāraṇaṃ balam ity arthaḥ |
krodhārtho vā rāga-śabdo vyākhyeyaḥ | dharmo dharma-śāstraṃ tenāviruddho 'pratiṣiddho dharmānukūlo vā yo bhūteṣu prāṇiṣu kāmaḥ śāstrānumata-jāyā-putra-vittādi-viṣayo 'bhilāṣaḥ so 'ham asmi | he bharatarṣabha ! śāstrāviruddha-kāma-bhūte mayi tathāvidha-kāma-yuktānāṃ bhūtānāṃ protatvam ity arthaḥ ||11||
viśvanāthaḥ - kāmaḥ sva-jīvikādy-abhilāṣaḥ | rāgaḥ krodhas tad-vivarjitam | na tad-dvayotthitam ity arthaḥ | dharmāviruddhaḥ sva-bhāryāyāṃ putrotpatti-mātropayogī ||11||
baladevaḥ -- kāmaḥ sva-jīvikādy-abhilāṣaḥ | rāgas tu prāpte 'py abhilaṣite 'rthe punas tato 'py adhike 'rthe citta-rañjanātmako 'titṛṣṇāpara-nāmā, tābhyāṃ vivarjitaṃ balaṃ sva-dharmānuṣṭhāna-sāmarthyam ity arthaḥ | dharmāviruddhaḥ svapatnyāṃ putrotpatti-mātra-hetuḥ ||11||
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BhG 7.12
ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye |
matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṃ teṣu te mayi ||12||
śrīdharaḥ - kiṃ ca ye caiveti | ye cānye 'pi sāttvika-bhāvāḥ śama-damādayaḥ | rājasāś ca harṣa-darpādayaḥ | tāmasāś ca śoka-mohādayaḥ | prāṇināṃ sva-karma-vaśāj jāyante tān matta eva jātān iti viddhi | madīya-prakṛti-guṇa-kāryatvāt | evam api teṣv ahaṃ na varte | jīvavat tad-adhīno 'haṃ na bhavāmīty arthaḥ | te tu mad-adhīnāḥ santo mayi vartanta ity arthaḥ ||12||
madhusūdanaḥ - kim evaṃ parigaṇanena ye caiveti | ye cānye 'pi bhāvāś citta-pariṇāmāḥ sāttvikāḥ śama-damādayaḥ | ye ca rājasā harṣa-darpādayaḥ | ye ca tāmasāḥ śoka-mohādayaḥ prāṇinām avidyā-karmādi-vaśāj jāyante tān matta eva jāyamānān iti ahaṃ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhava ity ādy-ukta-prakāreṇa viddhi samastān eva | athavā sāttvikā rājasās tāmasāś ca bhāvāḥ sarve 'pi jaḍa-vargā vyākhyeyā viśeṣa-hetv-abhāvāt | eva-kāraś ca samastāvadhāraṇārthaḥ | evam api na tv ahaṃ teṣu, matto jātatve 'pi tad-vaśas tad-vikāra-rūṣito rajju-khaṇḍa iva kalpita-sarva-vikāra-rūṣito 'haṃ na bhavāmi saṃsārīva | te tu bhāvā mayi rajjvām iva sarpādayaḥ kalpitā mad-adhīna-sattā-sphūrtikā mad-adhīnā ity arthaḥ ||12||
viśvanāthaḥ - evaṃ vastu-kāraṇa-bhūtā vastu-sāra-bhūtāś ca rākṣasādyāś ca vibhūtayaḥ kāścid uktāḥ | kintv alam ativistareṇa | mad-adhīnaṃ vastu-mātram eva mad-vibhūtir ity āha ye caiveti | sāttva-bhāvāḥ śama-damādayo devādyāś ca | rājasā harṣa-darpādayo 'surādyāś ca | tāmasāḥ śoka-mohādayo rākṣasādyāś ca | tān matta eveti madīya-prakṛti-guṇa-kāryatvāt | teṣv ahaṃ na varte | jīvavat tad-adhīno 'haṃ na bhavāmīty arthaḥ | te tu mayi mad-adhīnāḥ santa eva vartante ||12||
baladevaḥ -- evaṃ kāṃścid vibhūtir abhidhāya samāsena sarvās tāḥ prāha ye caiveti | ye mitho vilakṣaṇa-svabhāvāḥ sāttvikādayo bhāvāḥ prāṇināṃ śarīrendriya-viṣayātmanā ta-kāraṇatvena cāvasthitās tān sarvān tat-tac-chakty-upetān matta evopapannān viddhi | na tv ahaṃ teṣu varte naivāhaṃ tad-adhīna-sthitiḥ | te mayi mad-adhīna-sthitaya ity arthaḥ ||12||
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BhG 7.13
tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṃ jagat |
mohitaṃ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam ||13||
śrīdharaḥ - evambhūtam īśvaraṃ tvām ayaṃ janaḥ kim iti na jānātīti ? ata āha tribhir iti | tribhis trividhair ebhiḥ pūrvoktair guṇa-mayaiḥ kāma-lobhādibhir guṇa-vikārair bhāvaiḥ svabhāvair mohitam idaṃ jagat | ato māma nābhijānāti | kathambhūtam ? ebhyo bhāvebhyaḥ param | ebhir aspṛṣṭam eteṣāṃ niyantāram | ataevāvyayaṃ nirvikāram ity arthaḥ ||13||
madhusūdanaḥ - tava parameśvarasya svātantrye nitya-śuddha-buddham ukta-svabhāvatve ca sati kuto jagatas tvad-ātmakasya saṃsāritvam | evaṃvidha-matsvarūpāparijñānād iti cet, tad eva kuta ity ata āha tribhir iti | ebhiḥ prāg-uktais tribhis trividhair guṇa-mayaiḥ sattva-rajas-tamo-guṇa-vikārair bhāvaiḥ sarvair api bhavana-dharmabhir sarvam idaṃ jagat prāṇi-jātaṃ mohitam vivekāyogyatvam āpāditaṃ sad ebhyo guṇamayebhyo bhāvebhyaḥ param eṣāṃ kalpanādhiṣṭhānam atyanta-vilakṣaṇam avyayaṃ sarva-vikriyā-śūnyam aprapañcam ānanda-ghanam ātma-prakāśam avyavahitam api māṃ nābhijānāti | tataś ca svarūpāparicayāt saṃsaratīvety aho daurbhāgyam aviveki-janasyety anukrośaṃ darśayati bhagavān ||13||
viśvanāthaḥ - nanv evambhūtaṃ tvā parameśvaraṃ katham ayaṃ jano na jānātīty ata āha tribhir iti | guṇamayaiḥ śama-damādi-harṣādi-śokādyair bhāvaiḥ svābhāvībhūtair jagaj jagaj-jāta-jīva-vṛndaṃ mohitaṃ sat māṃ nirguṇatvād ebhyaḥ param avyayaṃ nirvikāram ||13||
baladevaḥ - atha śakti-dvaya-viviktaṃ svasya dhyeya-svarūpaṃ darśayan tasyājñāne tad-āsaktim eva hetum āha tribhir iti | ebhiḥ pūrvoditair guṇamayair man-māyā-guṇa-kāryais trividhaiḥ sāttvikādibhir bhāvair bhavana-dharmibhiḥ kṣaṇa-pariṇāmibhis tat-tat-karmānuguṇa-śarīrendriya-viṣayātmanāvasthitair mohitam avivekitāṃ nītaṃ sat sarvam idaṃ jagat surāsura-manuṣyādy-ātmanāvasthitaṃ jīva-vṛndaṃ kartṛ ebhyaḥ sāttvikādibhyo bhāvebhyaḥ paraṃ tair aspṛṣṭam ananta-kalyāṇa-guṇa-ratnākaraṃ vijñānānanda-ghanaṃ sarveśvaram avyayam apracyuta-svabhāvaṃ māṃ kṛṣṇaṃ nābhijānāti pratyāsūyati ||13||
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BhG 7.14
daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā |
mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṃ taranti te ||14||
śrīdharaḥ - ke tarhi tvāṃ jānantīti ? ata āha daivīti | daivy alaukikī | atyadbhutety arthaḥ | guṇa-mayī sattvādi-guṇa-vikārātmikā | mama parameśvarasya śaktir māyā duratyayā dustarā hi | prasiddhim etam | tathāpi mām eva ity eva-kāreṇāvyabhicāriṇyā bhaktyā ye prapadyante bhajanti māyām etāṃ sudustarām api te taranti | tato māṃ jānantīti bhāvaḥ ||14||
madhusūdanaḥ - nanu yathoktānādi-siddha-māyā-guṇa-traya-baddhasya jagataḥ svātntryābhāvena tat-parivarjanāsāmārthyān na kadācid api māyātikramaḥ syād vastu-vivekāsāmārthya-hetoḥ sadātanatvādityāśaṅkya bhagavad-eka-śaraṇatayā tattva-jñāna-dvāreṇa māyātikramaḥ sambhavatīty āha daivīti | daivī eko devo sarva-bhūteṣu gūḍhaḥ [ŚvetU 6.11] ity-ādi-śruti-pratipādite svatodyotanavati deve sva-prakāśa-caitanyānande nirvibhāge tad-āśrayatayā tad-viṣayatayā ca kalpitā āśrayatva-viṣayatva-bhāginī nirvibhāga-citir eva kevalā [Saṃ.Śārī 1.319] ity ukteḥ | eṣā sākṣi-pratyakṣatvenāpalāpānarhā | hi-śabdād bhramopādānatvād arthāpatti-siddhā ca | guṇa-mayī sattva-rajas-tamo-guṇa-trayātmikā | triguṇa-rajjur ivātidṛdhatvena bandhana-hetuḥ | mama māyāvinaḥ parameśvarasya sarva-jagat-kāraṇasya
sarvajñasya sarva-śakteḥ sva-bhūtā svādhīnatvena jagat-sṛṣṭy-ādi-nirvāhikā | māyā tattva-pratibhāsi-pratibandhenātattva-pratibhāsa-hetur āvaraṇa-vikṣepa-śakti-dvayavaty avidyā sarva-prapañca-prakṛtiḥ māyāṃ tu prakṛtiṃ vidyān māyinaṃ tu maheśvaram [ŚvetU 4.19] iti śruteḥ |
atraivaṃ prakriyā | jīveśvara-jagad-vibhāga-śūnye caitanye 'dhyastānādir avidyā sattva-prādhānyena svacchā darpaṇa iva mukha-bhāsaṃ cid-ābhāsam āgṛhṇāti | tataś ca bimba-sthānīyaḥ parameśvara upādhi-doṣānāskanditaḥ pratibimba-sthānīyaś ca jīva upādhi-doṣāskanditaḥ | īśvarāc ca jīva-bhogāyākāśādi-krameṇa śarīrendriya-saṅghātas tad-bhogyaś ca kṛtsnaḥ prapañco jāyata iti kalpanā bhavati | bimba-pratibimba-mukhānugata-mukhavac ceśa-jīvānugataṃ māyopādhi caitanyaṃ sākṣīti kalpyate | tenaiva ca svādhyastā māyā tat-kāryaṃ ca kṛtsnaṃ prakāśyate | ataḥ sākṣy-abhiprāyeṇa daivīti bimbeśvarābhiprāyeṇa tu memeti bhagavtoktam | yadyapy avidyā-pratibimba eka eva jīvas tathāpy avidyā-gatānām antaḥ-karaṇa-saṃskārāṇāṃ bhinnatvāt tad-bhedenāntaḥ-karaṇopādhes
tasyātra bheda-vyapadeśo mām eva ye prapadyante duṣkṛtino mūḍhā na prapadyante, caturvidhā bhajante mām ity ādiḥ | śrutau ca tad yo devānāṃ pratyabudhyata sa eva tad abhavat tatha rṣīṇāṃ tathā manuṣyāṇām [BAU 1.4.10] ity ādiḥ |
antaḥ-karaṇopādhi-bhedāparyālocane tu jīvatva-prayojakopādher ekatvād ekatvenaivātra vyapadeśaḥ | kṣetrajñaṃ cāpi māṃ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu [Gītā 13.2], prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api [Gītā 13.19], mamaivāṃśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ [Gītā 15.7] ity ādi | śrutau ca brahma vā idam agra āsīt tad ātmānam evāvedahaṃ brahmāsmīti tasmāt tat sarvam abhavat [BAU 1.4.10], eko devaḥ sarva-bhūteṣu gūḍhaḥ [ŚvetU 6.11], anena jīvenā ' 'tmanā ' ' nupraviśya [ChāU 6.3.2]
bālāgra-śata-bhāgasya śatadhā kalpitasya ca |
bhāgo jīvaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sa cānantyāya kalpate || [ŚvetU 5.9] ity ādiḥ |
yadyapi darpaṇa-gataś caitra-pratibimbaḥ svaṃ paraṃ ca na jānāty acetanāṃśasyaiva tatra pratibimbitatvāt tathāpi cit-pratibimbaś cittvād eva svaṃ paraṃ ca jānāti | pratibimba-pakṣe bimba-caitanya evopādhisthatva-mātrasya kalpitatvāt | ābhāsa-pakṣe tasyānirvacanīyatve 'pi jaḍa-vilakṣaṇatvāt | sa ca yāvat sva-bimbaikyam ātmano na jānāti tāvaj jala-sūrya iva jala-gata-kampādikam upādhi-gataṃ vikāra-sahasram anubhavati | tad etad āha duratyayeti | bimba-bhūteśvaraikya-sākṣātkāram antareṇātyetuṃ taritum aśakyeti duratyayā | ataeva jīvo 'ntaḥkaraṇāvacchinnatvāt tat-sambaddham evākṣyādi-dvārā bhāsayan kiṃcij jño bhavati | tataś ca jānāmi karomi bhuñje cety anartha-śata-bhājanaṃ bhavati | sa ced bimba-bhūtaṃ bhagavantam ananta-śaktiṃ māyā-niyantāraṃ sarva-vidaṃ sarva-phala-dātāram aniśam ānanda-ghana-mūrtim
anekaānavatārān bhaktānugrahāya vidadhatam ārādhayati samarpaṇena tadā bimba-samarpitasya pratibimbe pratiphalanāt sarvān api puruṣārthān āsādayati | etad evābhipretya prahlādenoktaṃ -
naivātmanaḥ prabhur ayaṃ nija-lābha-pūrṇo
mānaṃ janād aviduṣaḥ karuṇo vṛṇīte |
yad yaj jano bhagavate vidadhīta mānaṃ
tac cātmane prati-mukhasya yathā mukha-śrīḥ || [BhP 7.9.11] iti |
darpaṇa-pratibimbitasya mukhasya tilakādi-śrīr apekṣitā ced bimba-bhūte mukhe samarpaṇīyā | sā svayam eva tatra pratiphalati nānyaḥ kaścit tat-prāptāv upāyo 'sti yathā tathā bimba-bhūteśvare samarpitam eva tat-pratibimba-bhūto jīvo labhate nānyaḥ kaścit tasya puruṣārtha-lābhe 'sty upāya iti dṛṣṭānta-dārṣṭānikayor arthaḥ |
tasya yadā bhagavantam anantam anavaratam ārādhayato 'ntaḥkaraṇaṃ jñāna-pratibandhaka-pāpena rahitaṃ jñānānukūla-puṇyena copacitaṃ bhavati tadātinirmale mukura-maṇḍala iva mukham atisvacche 'ntaḥkaraṇe sarva-karma-tyāga-śama-damādi-pūrvaka-gurūpasadana-vedānta-vākya-śravaṇa-manana-nididhyāsanaiḥ saṃskṛte tattvam asīti-gurūpadiṣṭa-vedānnta-vākya-karaṇikāhaṃ brahmāsīmty anātmākāra-śūnyā nirupādhi-caitanyākārā sākṣātkārātmikā vṛttir udeti | tasyāṃ ca pratiphalaitaṃ caitanyaṃ sadya eva sva-viṣayāśrayām avidyām unmūlayati dīpa iva tamaḥ | tatas tasyā nāśāt tayā vṛttyā sahākhilasya kārya-prapañcasya nāśaḥ | upādāna-nāśād upādeya-nāśasya sarva-tantra-siddhānta-siddhatvāt | tad etad āha bhagavān mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṃ taranti te iti | ātmety
evopāsīta [BAU 1.4.7], tad ātmānam evāvet [BAU 1.4.10], tam eva dhīro vijñāya [BAU 4.4.23], tam eva viditvātimṛtyum eti [ŚvetU 6.15] ity ādi-śrutiṣv ivehāpi mām evety eva-kāro 'py anuparaktatā-pratipatty-arthaḥ | mām eva sarvopādhi-virahitaṃ vidānanda-sadātmānam akhaṇḍaṃ ye prapadyante vedānta-vākya-janyayā nirvikalpa-sākṣātkāra-rūpayā nirvacanānarha-śuddha-cid-ākāratva-dharma-viśiṣṭayā sarva-sukṛta-phala-bhūtayā nididhyāsana-paripāka-prasūtayā ceto-vṛttyā sarvājñāna-tat-kārya-virodhinyā viṣayīkurvanti te ye kecid etāṃ duratikramaṇīyām api māyām akhilānartha-janma-bhuvam anāyāsenaiva taranti atikrāmanti tasya ha na devāś canābhūtyā īśata ātmā hy eṣā sa bhavati [BAU 1.4.10] iti śruteḥ | sarovādhi-nivṛttyā saccidānanda-ghana-rūpeṇaiva tiṣṭhantīty artaḥ | bahu-vacana-prayogo
dehendriyādi-saṃghāta-bheda-nbandhanātma-bheda-bhrānty-anuvādārthaḥ |
prapaśyantīti vaktavye prapadyanta ity ukte 'rthe mad-eka-śaraṇāḥ santo mām eva bhagavantaṃ vāsudevam īdṛśam ananta-saundarya-sāra-sarvasvam akhila-kalā-kalāpa-nilayam abhinava-paṅkaja-śobhādhika-caraṇa-kamala-yugala-prabham anavarata-veṇu-vādana-nirata-vṛndāvana-krīḍāsakta-mānasa-heloddhṛta-govardhanākhya-mahīdharaṃ gopālaṃ niṣūdita-śiśupāla-kaṃsādi-duṣṭa-saṅgham abhinava-jalada-śobhā-sarvasva-haraṇa-caraṇaṃ paramānanda-ghana-maya-mūrtimati-vairiñca-prapañcam anavaratam anucintayanto divasān ativāhayanti te mat-prema-mahānanda-samudra-magna-manasas tathā samasta-māyā-guṇa-vikārair nābhibhūyante | kintu mad-vilāsa-vinoda-kuśalā ete mad-unmūlana-samarthā iti śaṅkamāneva māyā tebhyo 'pasarati vāravilāsinīva krodhanebhyas tapodhanebhyas tasmān māyā-taraṇārthī mām
īdṛśam eva santatam anucintayed ity apy abhipretaṃ bhagavataḥ | śrutayaḥ smṛtayaś cātrārthe pramāṇīkartavyāḥ ||14||
viśvanāthaḥ - nanu tarhi triguṇa-maya-mohāt katham uttīrṇā bhavanti ? tatrāha daivīti | daivī viṣayānandena dīvyantīti devā jīvās tadīyā teṣāṃ mohayitrīty arthaḥ | guṇa-mayī śleṣeṇa triveṣṭana-mahā-pāśa-rūpā | mama parameśvarasya māyā bahiraṅgā śaktir duratyayā duratikramā | pāśa-pakṣe, chettum udgranthayituṃ vā kenāpy aśaktyety arthaḥ | kintu mad-vāci viśvasihi iti sva-vakṣaḥ spṛṣṭvāha māṃ śyāmasundarākāram eva ||14||
baladevaḥ -- nanu triguṇāyas-tan-māyāyā nityatvāt tad-dhetukasya mohasya vinivṛttir durghaṭeti cet tatrāha daivīti | mama sarveśvarasyāvitarkyātivicitrānanta-viśva-sraṣṭur eṣā māyā daivī | alaukiky atyadbhutety arthaḥ | tādṛk viśva-sargopakaraṇatvāt | śrutiś caivam āha - māyāṃ tu prakṛtiṃ vidyān māyinaṃ tu maheśvaram [ŚvetU 4.10] ity ādyā | guṇamayī sattvādi-guṇa-trayātmikā, śleṣeṇa triguṇitā rajjur ivāti-dṛḍhatayā jīvānāṃ bandhu-hetuḥ | ato duratyayā teṣāṃ duratikramā | rajju-pakṣe chettum udgrathituṃ ca tair aśaktyety arthaḥ | yadyapy etādṛśī tathāpi mad-bhaktyā tad-vinivṛttiḥ syād ity āha mām iti | māṃ sarveśvaraṃ māyā-niyantāraṃ sva-prapanna-vātsalya-nīradhiṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ye tādṛśa-sat-prasaṄgāt prapadyate śaraṇaṃ gacchanti te etām arṇavam
ivāpārāṃ māyāṃ goṣpadodakāñjalim ivāśrameṇa taranti | tāṃ tīrtvānadaika-rasaṃ prasādābhimukhaṃ sva-svāminaṃ māṃ prāpnuvantīti | mām evety eva-kāro mad-anyeṣāṃ vidhi-rudrādīnāṃ prapattyā tasyās taraṇaṃ nety āha śrutiś caivam āha tam eva viditvety ādyā mucukundaṃ prati devāś ca -
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te ṛte kaivalyam adya naḥ |
eka eveśvaras tasya bhagavān viṣṇur avyayaḥ || [BhP 10.51.20] iti |
ghaṇṭākarṇaṃ prati śivaś ca - mukti-pradātā sarveṣāṃ viṣṇur eva na saṃśayaḥ iti ||14||
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BhG 7.15
na māṃ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ |
māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ ||15||
śrīdharaḥ - yady evaṃ tarhi sarve tvām eva kim iti na bhajanti ? tatrāha na mām iti | nareṣu ye 'dhamās te māṃ na prapadyante na bhajanti | adhamatve hetuḥ -mūḍhā viveka-śūnyāḥ | tat kutaḥ ? duṣkṛtinaḥ pāpa-śīlāḥ | ato māyayāpahṛtaṃ nirastaṃ śāstrācāryopadeśābhyāṃ jātam api jñānaṃ yeṣāṃ te tathā | ataeva dambho darpo 'bhimānaś ca krodhaḥ pāruṣyam eva cety ādinā vakṣyamāṇam āsuraṃ bhāvam svabhāvaṃ prāptāḥ santo na māṃ bhajanti ||15||
madhusūdanaḥ - yady evaṃ tarhi kim iti nikhilānartha-mūla-māyonmūlanāya bhagavantaṃ bhavantam eva sarve na pratipadyante cira-saṃcita-durita-pratibandhād ity āha bhagavān na mām iti | duṣkṛtino duṣkṛtena pāpena saha nitya-yoginaḥ | ataeva nareṣu madhye 'dhamā iha sādhubhir garhaṇīyāḥ paratra cānartha-sahasra-bhājaḥ | kuto duṣkṛtam anartha-hetum eva sadā kurvanti yato mūḍhā idam artha-sādhanam idam anartha-sādhanam iti viveka-śūnyāḥ | sati pramāṇe kuto na viviñcanti yato māyayāpahṛta-jñānāḥ śarīrendriya-saṃghāta-tādāmtya-bhrānti-rūpeṇa pariṇatayā māyayā pūrvoktayāpahṛtaṃ pratibaddhaṃ jñānaṃ viveka-sāmarthyaṃ yeṣāṃ te tathā | ataeva te dambho darpo 'bhimānaś ca krodhaḥ pāruṣyam eva ca [Gītā 16.4] ity ādināgre vakṣyamānam āsuraṃ bhāvaṃ hiṃsānṛtādi-svabhāvam
āśritā mat-pratipatty-ayogyāḥ santo na māṃ sarveśvaraṃ prapadyante na bhajante | aho daurbhāgyaṃ teṣām ity abhiprāyaḥ ||15||
viśvanāthaḥ - nanu tarhi paṇḍitā api kecit kim iti tvāṃ na prapadyante ? tatra ye paṇḍitās te māṃ prapadyanta eva | paṇḍita-mānina eva na māṃ prapadyanta ity āha na mām iti | duṣkṛtino duṣṭāś ca te kṛtinaḥ paṇḍitāś ceti te kupaṇḍitā ity arthaḥ | te ca caturvidhāḥ | eke mūḍhāḥ paśu-tulyāḥ karmiṇaḥ | yad uktaṃ -
nūnaṃ daivena nihatā ye cācyuta-kathā-sudhām |
hitvā śṛṇvanty asad-gāthāḥ purīṣam iva viḍ-bhujaḥ || [BhP 3.32.19] iti |
mukundaṃ ko vai na seveta vinā naretaraḥ iti ca |
apare narādhamāḥ kañcit kālaṃ bhaktimattvena prāpta-naratvā apy ante phala-prāptau na sādhanopayoga iti matvā svecchayaiva bhakti-tyāginaḥ | svakartṛka-bhakti-tyāga-lakṣaṇam eva teṣām adhamatvam iti bhāvaḥ | apare śāstrādhyāpanādi-mattve 'pi māyayāpahṛtaṃ jñānam eṣāṃ te vaikuṇṭha-virājinī nārāyaṇa-mūrtir eva sārvakālikī-bhakti-prāpyā, na tu kṛṣṇa-rāmādi-mūrtir mānuṣīti manyamānā ity arthaḥ | yad vakṣyate avajānanti māṃ mūḍhā mānuṣīṃ tanum āśritam [Gītā 9.11] iti | te khalu māṃ prapadyamānā api na māṃ prapadyanta iti bhāvaḥ | apare āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ | asurā jarāsandhādayo mad-vigrahaṃ lakṣīkṛtya śarair vidhyanti | tathaiva dṛśyatādi-hetu-mat-kutarkair mad-vigrahaṃ vaikuṇṭha-stham api khaṇḍayanty eva | na tu prapadyanta ity arthaḥ
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baladevaḥ - nanu cet tvām eva prapannā vimucyante tarhi paṇḍitā api kecit kim iti tvāṃ na prapadyante tatrāha na mām iti | duṣṭāś ca te kṛtinaḥ śāstrārtha-kuśalāś ceti duṣkṛtinaḥ kupaṇḍitās te māṃ na prapadyante | śrutiś caivam āha -
avidyāyām antare vartamānāḥ
svayaṃ dhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃmanyamānāḥ |
dandramyamāṇāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā
andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ || [KaṭhU 1.2.5]
te catur-vidhāḥ - eke māyayā mūḍhāḥ karma-jaḍā indrādivan mām api viṣṇuṃ karmāṅgaṃ jīvavat karmādhīnaṃ manyamānāḥ | apare māyayā narādhamā viprādi-kula-janmanā narottamatāṃ prāpyāpy asat kāvyārthāsattyā pāmaratā-bhājaḥ | yad uktam -
nūnaṃ daivena nihatā ye cācyuta-kathā-sudhām |
hitvā śṛṇvanty asad-gāthā purīṣam iva viḍ-bhujaḥ || [BhP 3.32.19] iti |
anye māyayāpahṛta-jñānāḥ sāṅkhyādayaḥ | te hi sārvajña-sārvaiśvarya-sarva-sraṣṭṛtva-muktidatvādi dharmaiḥ śruti-sahasra-prasiddham api mām īśvaram apalapantaḥ prakṛtim eva sarva-sraṣṭrīṃ mokṣa-dātrīṃ ca kalpayanti | tatra tādṛśa-kuṭila-kuyukti-śatāny udbhāvayantī māyayaiva hetuḥ | kecit tu māyayaivāsuraṃ bhāvam āśritā nirviśeṣa-cin-mātra-vādinaḥ | asurā yathā nikhilānanda-karaṃ mad-vigrahaṃ śarair vidhyanti tathādṛśyatvādi-hetubhis te nitya-caitanyātmatayā śruti-prasiddham api taṃ khaṇḍayantīti tatrāpi tādṛśa-buddhy-utpādanī māyaiva hetur iti ||15||
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BhG 7.16
catur-vidhā bhajante māṃ janāḥ sukṛtino 'rjuna |
ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha ||16||
śrīdharaḥ - sukṛtinas tu māṃ bhajanty eva | te sukṛti-tāratamyena catur-vidhā ity āha catur-vidhā iti | pūrva-janmasu ye kṛta-puṇyās te māṃ bhajanti | te caturvidhāḥ | ārto vegādy-abhibhūtaḥ sa yadi pūrvaṃ kṛta-puṇyas tarhi māṃ bhajati | anyathā kṣudra-devatā-bhajanena saṃsarati | evam uttaratrāpi draṣṭavyam | jijñāsur ātma-jñānecchuḥ | arthārthī atra vā paratra vā bhoga-sādhana-bhūto 'rtha-lipsuḥ | jñānī cātma-vit ||16||
madhusūdanaḥ - ye tv āsura-bhāva-rahitāḥ puṇya-karmāṇo vivekinas te puṇya-karma-tāratamyena catur-vidhāḥ santo māṃ bhajante krameṇa ca kāmanā-rāhityena mat-prasādān māyāṃ tarantīty āha catur-vidhā iti | ye sukṛtinaḥ pūrva-janma-kṛta-puṇya-saṃcayā janāḥ saphala-janmānas ta eva nānye te māṃ bhajante sevante | he arjuna ! te ca trayaḥ sa-kāmā eko 'kāma ity evaṃ caturvidhāḥ | ārta ārtyā śatru-vyādhy-ādy-āpadā grastas tan-nivṛttim icchan | yathā makha-bhaṅgena kupita indre varṣati vraja-vāsī janaḥ | yathā vā jarāsandha-kārāgāravartī rāja-nicayaḥ | dyūta-sabhāyāṃ vastrākarṣaṇe draupadī ca | grāha-grasto gajendraś ca | jijñāsur ātma-jñānārthī mumukṣuḥ | yathā mucukundaḥ, yathā vā maithilo janakaḥ śrutadevaś ca, nivṛtte mausale yathā coddhavaḥ | arthārthī
iha vā paratra vā yad bhogopakaraṇaṃ tal-lipsuḥ | tatreha yathā sugrīvo vibhīṣaṇaś ca, yathā copamanyuḥ paratra yathā dhruvaḥ | ete trayo 'pi bhagavad-bhajanena māyāṃ taranti | tatra jijñāsur jñānotpattyā sākṣād eva māyāṃ tarati ārto 'rthārthī ca jijñāsutvaṃ prāpyeti viśeṣaḥ | ārtasyārthārthinaś ca jijñāsutva-sambhavāj jijñāsoś cārtatva-jñānopakaraṇārthārthitva-sambhavād ubhayor madhye jijñāsur uddiṣṭaḥ |
tad ete trayaḥ sa-kāmā vyākhyātāḥ niṣkāmaś caturtha idānīm ucyate jñānī ca | jñānaṃ bhagavat-tattva-sākṣātkāras tena nitya-yukto jñānī tīrṇa-māyo nivṛtta-sarva-kāmaḥ | ca-kāro yasya kasyāpi niṣkāma-prema-bhaktasya jñāniny-antar-bhāvārthaḥ | he bharatarṣabha tvam api jijñāsur vā jñānī veti katamo 'haṃ bhakta iti mā śaṅkiṣṭhā ity arthaḥ | tatra niṣkāma-bhakto jñānī yathā sanakādir yathā nārado yathā prahlādo yathā pṛthur yathā vā śukaḥ | niṣkāmaḥ śuddha-prema-bhakto yathā gopikādir yathā vākrūra-yudhiṣṭhirādiḥ | kaṃsa-śiśupālādayas tu bhayād dveṣāc ca santata-bhagavac-cintā-parā api na bhaktā bhagavad-anurakter abhāvāt | bhagavad-anurakti-rūpāyās tu bhakteḥ svarūpaṃ sādhanaṃ bhedās tathā bhaktānām api bhagavad-bhakti-rasāyane 'smābhiḥ
sa-viśeṣaṃ prapañcitā itīhoparamyate ||16||
viśvanāthaḥ - tarhi ke tvāṃ bhajanta ity ata āha caturvidhā iti | sukṛtaṃ varṇāśramācāra-lakṣaṇo dharmas tadvantaḥ santo māṃ bhajante | tatra ārto rogādy-āpad-grastas tan-nivṛtti-kāmaḥ | jijñāsuḥ ātma-jñānārthī vyākaraṇādi-śāstra-jñānārthī vā | arthārthī kṣiti-gaja-turaga-kāminī-kanakādyaihika-pāratrika-bhogārthīti | ete trayaḥ sakāmā gṛhasthāḥ | jñānī viśuddhāntaḥ-karaṇaḥ sannyāsīti caturtho 'yaṃ niṣkāmaḥ | ity ete pradhānībhūta-bhakty-adhikāriṇaś catvāro nirūpitāḥ | tatrādimeṣu triṣu karma-miśrā bhaktiḥ | antime caturthe jñāna-miśrā | sarva-dvārāṇi saṃnyasya [Gītā 8.12] ity agrima-granthe yoga-miśrāpi vakṣyate | jñāna-karmādy-amiśrā kevalā bhaktir yā sā tu saptamādhyāyārambha eva mayy āsakta-manaḥ pārtha [Gītā 7.1] ity anena uktā
| punaś cāṣṭame 'py adhyāye ananya-cetāḥ satatam [Gītā 8.14] ity anena, navame mahātmānas tu māṃ pārtha [Gītā 9.13] iti śloka-dvayena ananyāś cintayanto mām [Gītā 9.22] ity anena ca nirūpayitavyeti |
pradhānībhūtā kevalā iti dvividhaiva bhaktir madhyame 'sminn adhyāya-ṣaṭke bhagavatoktā | yā tu tṛtīyā guṇībhūtā bhaktiḥ karmaṇi jñānini yogini ca karmādi-phala-siddhy-arthā dṛśyate | tasyāḥ prādhānyābhāvāt na bhaktitva-vyapadeśaḥ | kintu tatra tatra karmādīnām eva prādhānyāt | prādhānyena vyapadeśā bhavanti iti nyāyena karmatva-jñānatva-yogatva-vyapadeśaḥ | tadvatām api karmitva-jñānitva-yogitva-vyapadeśaḥ | na tu bhaktatva-vyapadeśaḥ | phalaṃ ca sakāma-karmaṇaḥ svargo niṣkāma-karmaṇo jñāna-yogo jñāna-yogayor nirvāṇa-mokṣa iti |
atha dvidhāyā bhakteḥ phalam ucyate | tatra pradhānībhūtāsu bhaktiṣu madhye ārtādiṣu triṣu yāḥ karma-miśrās tisraḥ sa-kāmā bhaktayas tāsāṃ phalaṃ tat-tat-kāma-prāptiḥ | viṣaya-sādguṇyāt tad-ante sukhaiśvarya-pradhāna-sālokya-mokṣa-prāptiś ca, na tu karma-phala-svarga-bhogānta iva pātaḥ | yad vakṣyate yānti mad-yājino 'pi mām [Gītā 9.25] iti | caturthyā jñāna-miśrāyās tata utkṛṣṭāyās tu phalaṃ śānta-ratiḥ sanakādiṣv iva | bhakta-bhagavat-kāruṇyādhikya-vaśāt kasyāścit tasyāḥ phalaṃ premotkarṣaś ca śrī-śukādiṣv iva | karma-miśrā bhaktir yadi niṣkāmā syāt tadā tasyāḥ phalaṃ jñāna-miśrā bhaktiḥ | tasyāḥ phalam uktam eva | kvacic ca svabhāvād eva dā̆sādi-bhakta-saṅgottha-vāsanā vaśād vā jñāna-karmādi-miśra-bhaktimatām api dāsyādi-premā
syāt, kintu aiśvarya-pradhānam eveti |
atha jñāna-karmādy-amiśrāyāḥ śuddhāyā ananyākiñcanottamādi-paryāyāḥ bhakter bahu-prabhedāyā dāsya-sakhyādi-premavat-pārṣadatvam eva phalam ity ādikaṃ śrī-bhāgavata-ṭīkāyāṃ bahuśaḥ pratipāditam | atrāpi prasaṅga-vaśāt sādhya-bhakti-vivekaḥ saṃkṣipya darśitaḥ ||16||
baladevaḥ -- tarhi tvāṃ ke prapadyante tatrāha catur-vidhā iti | sukṛtinaḥ supaṇḍitāḥ sva-varṇāśramocita-karmaṇā mad-ekānti-bhāvena ca sampannā janā māṃ bhajante | te ca catur-vidhāḥ | tatrārtaḥ śatru-kleśādyāpad-grastas tad-vināśecchur gajendrādiḥ | jijñāsur viviktātma-svarūpa-jñānecchuḥ śaunakādiḥ | arthārthī rājyādi-sampad-icchur dhruvādiḥ | jñānī śeṣatvena svāmtānaṃ śeṣitvena parātmānaṃ ca māṃ jñātavān śukādiḥ | eṣv ārtādayaḥ sa-kāmāḥ, jñānī tu niṣkāmaḥ | ārtārthārthinoḥ paratra jijñāsutā-sampattaye tayor antarāle jijñāsor upanyāsaḥ ||16||
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BhG 7.17
teṣāṃ jñānī nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir viśiṣyate |
priyo hi jñānino 'tyartham ahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ ||17||
śrīdharaḥ - teṣāṃ madhye jñānī śreṣṭha ity āha teṣām iti | teṣāṃ madhye jñānī viśiṣṭaḥ | atra hetavaḥ -- nitya-yuktaḥ sadā man-niṣṭhaḥ | ekasmin mayy eva bhaktir yasya saḥ | jñānino dehādy-abhimānābhāvena citta-vikṣepābhāvān nitya-yuktatvam ekānta-bhaktitvaṃ ca sambhavati | nānyasya | ataeva hi tasyāhaṃ atyantaṃ priyaḥ | sa ca mama | tasmād etair nitya-yuktatvādibhiś caturbhir hetubhiḥ sa uttama ity arthaḥ ||17||
madhusūdanaḥ - nanu na māṃ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamā ity anena tad-vilakṣaṇāḥ sukṛtino māṃ bhajanta ity arthāt prāpte 'pi teṣāṃ cāturvidhyaṃ catur-vidhā bhajante mām ity anena darśitāḥ tatas te sarve sukṛtina eva nirviśeṣād iti cet tatrāha ca | caturvidhānām api sukṛtitve niyate 'pi sukṛtādhikyena niṣkāmatayā premādhikyāt tata iti |
caturvidhānāṃ teṣāṃ madhye jñānī tattva-jñānavān nivṛtta-sarva-kāmo viśiṣyate sarvato 'tiricyate sarvotkṛṣṭa ity arthaḥ | yato nitya-yukto bhagavati pratyag-abhinne sadā samāhita-cetā vikṣepakābhāvāt | ataevaika-bhaktir ekasmin bhagavaty eva bhaktir anuraktir yasya sa tathā, tasyānurakti-viṣayāntarābhāvāt | hi yasmāt | priyo nirupādhi-premāspadam atyartham atyantātiśayena jñānino 'haṃ pratyag-abhinnaḥ paramātmā ca tasmād ayarthaṃ sa mama parameśvarasya priyaḥ | ātmā priyo 'tiśayena bhavatīti śruti-lokayoḥ prasiddham evety arthaḥ ||17||
viśvanāthaḥ - caturṇāṃ bhakty-adhikāriṇāṃ madhye kaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ ity apekṣāyām āha | teṣāṃ madhye jñānī viśiṣyate śreṣṭhaḥ | nitya-yukto nityaṃ mayi yujyata iti saḥ | jñānābhyāsa-vaśīkṛta-cittatvān manasy aikāgra-citta ity arthaḥ | ārtādyās trayas tu naivambhūtā iti bhāvaḥ |
nanu sarvo 'pi jñānī jñāna-vaiyarthya-bhayāt tvāṃ bhajata eva ? tatrāha ekā mukhyā pradhānībhūtaṃ yasya saḥ | yad vā, ekā bhaktir eva tathaivāsaktimattvāt yasya sa nāma-mātreṇaiva jñānīti bhāvaḥ | evambhūtasya jñānino 'haṃ śyāmasundarākāro 'tyartham atiśayena priyaḥ sādhana-sādhya-daśayoḥ parihātum aśakyaḥ | ye yathā māṃ prapadyante [Gītā 4.11] iti nyāyena mamāpi sa priyaḥ ||17||
baladevaḥ - caturṣu jñāninaḥ śraiṣṭhyam āha teṣām iti | jñānī viśiṣyate śreṣṭho bhavati | yad asau nitya-yukta eka-bhaktiś ca | ārta-vināśādi-kāmanā-virahān nityaṃ mayā yogavān | ārtādeśa tu yāvat-kāmita-prāptir mad-yoga ekasmin mayy eva jñānino bhaktir ārtādes tu sva-kāmite tat-pradātṛtvena mayi cāto jñānī tataḥ śreṣṭhaḥ |
atṛpyann āha priyo hīti | jñānino hy aham atyarthaṃ priyaḥ premāspadam | sa hi mat-priyatā-sudhā-sindhu-nimagno nānyat kiñcid anusandhatte tasya mat-priyatā-parimiteti bodhayitum atyartha-śabdaḥ | sarvajño 'nanta-śaktiś cāhaṃ yāṃ vaktuṃ na śaknotīty arthaḥ | sa ca jñānī ye yathā mām [Gītā 4.11] ity ādi-nyāyena tathaiva mama priyaḥ | mamāpi tat-priyatā tadvad parimitety arthaḥ ||17||
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BhG 7.18
udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tv ātmaiva me matam |
āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā mām evānuttamāṃ gatim ||18||
śrīdharaḥ - tarhi kim itare trayas tad-bhaktāḥ saṃsaranti ? na hi na hīty āha udārā iti | sarve 'py eta udārā mahānto mokṣa-bhāja evety arthaḥ | jñānī tu punar ātmaiveti me mataṃ niścayaḥ | hi yasmāt sa jñānī yuktātmā mad-eka-cittaḥ san na vidyata uttamā yasyās tām anuttamāṃ gatiṃ mām evāsthita āśritavān mad-vyatiriktam anyat phalaṃ na manyata ity arthaḥ ||18||
madhusūdanaḥ - tat-kim ārtādayas tava na priyāḥ ? na, atyartham iti viśeṣaṇād ity āha udārā iti | eta ārtādayaḥ sa-kāmā api mad-bhaktāḥ sarve trayo 'py udārā evotkṛṣṭā eva pūrva-janmārjitāneka-sukṛta-rāśitvāt | anyathā hi māṃ na bhajeyur eva | ārtasya jijñāsor arthārthinaś ca mad-vimukhasya kṣudra-devatā-bhaktasyāpi bahulam upalambhāt | ato mama priyā eva te | na hi jñānavān ajño vā kaścid api bhakto mamāpriyo bhavati | kintu yasya yādṛśī mayi prītir mamāpi tatra tādṛśī prītir iti svabhāva-siddham etat | tatra sa-kāmānāṃ trayāṇāṃ kāmyamānam api priyam aham api priyaḥ | jñāninas tu priyāntara-śūnyasyāham eva niratiśaya-prīti-viṣayaḥ | ataḥ so 'pi mama niratiśaya-prīti-viṣaya iti viśeṣaḥ | anyathā hi mama kṛtajñatā na syāt kṛtaghnatā ca syāt | ataevātyartham iti
viśeṣaṇam upāttaṃ prāk | yathā hi yad eva vidyayā karoti śraddhayopaniṣadā tad eva vīryavattaraṃ bhavati ity atra tarab-arthasya vivakṣitatvād vidyā-divyātirekena kṛtam api karma vīryavad bhavaty eva | tathātyarthaṃ jñānī bhakto mama priya ity ukter yo jñāna-vyatirekeṇa bhaktaḥ so 'pi priya iti paryavasyaty eva | atyartham iti viśeṣaṇasya vivakṣitatvāt | uktaṃ hi -- ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃs tathaiva bhajāmy aham [Gītā 4.11] iti | ato mām ātmatvena jñānavān jñānī | ātmaiva na matto bhinnaḥ tv aham eva sa iti mama mataṃ niścayaḥ | tu-śabdaḥ sa-kāma-bheda-darśi-tritayāpekṣayā niṣkāmatva-bhedādarśitva-viśeṣa-dyotanārthaḥ | hi yasmāt | sa jñānī yuktātmā sadā mayi samāhita-cittaḥ san māṃ bhagavantam anantam ānanda-ghanam ātmānam evānuttamāṃ sarvotkṛṣṭāṃ gatiṃ gantavyaṃ
paramaṃ phalam āsthito 'ṅgīkṛtavān, na tu mad-bhinnaṃ kim api phalaṃ sa manyata ity arthaḥ ||18||
viśvanāthaḥ -- tarhi kim ārtādyās trayas tava na priyās tatra na hi na hīty āha udārā iti | ye māṃ bhajante, mattaḥ kiṃcit kāmitaṃ mayāpi ditsitaṃ gṛhṇanti te bhakta-vatsalāya mahyaṃ bahu-pradāyinaḥ priyā eveti bhāvaḥ | jñānī tv ātmaiveti sa hi bhajann atha ca mattaḥ kim api svargāpavargādikaṃ nākaṅkṣata iti | atas tad-adhīnasya mama sa ātmaiveti mama mataṃ matiḥ | yataḥ sa māṃ śyāmasundarākāram evānuttamāṃ sarvottamāṃ gatiṃ prāpyāsthitaḥ niścitavān | na tu mama nirviśeṣa-svarūpa-brahma-nirvāṇam iti bhāvaḥ | evaṃ ca niṣkāma-pradhānībhūta-bhaktimān jñānī bhakta-vatsalena bhagavatā svātmatvenābhimanyate | kevala-bhaktimān ananyas tu ātmano 'py ādhikyena | yad uktaṃ -
na tathā me priyatama ātma-yonir na śaṅkaraḥ |
na ca saṅkarṣaṇo na śrīr naivātmā ca yathā bhavān || [BhP 11.14.15] iti |
nāham ātmānam āśāse mad-bhaktaiḥ sādhubhir vinā [BhP 9.4.64] iti |
ātmārāmo 'py arīramat [BhP 10.29.42] ity ādi ||18||
baladevaḥ - nanv ārtādayas tava priyā na bhavanti maivam atyartham iti viśeṣaṇād ity āha udārā iti | sarva evaite ārtādaya udārā vadānyāḥ | udāro dātṛ-mahator ity amaraḥ | ye māṃ bhajanto mayā ditsitaṃ kiṃcit svābhīṣṭaṃ matto gṛhṇanti te bhakta-vātsalyaṃ mahyaṃ prayacchanto mama bahu-pradāḥ priyā eveti bhāvaḥ | jñānī tu mamātmaiveti matam | hi yasmāt sa jī̀iānī yuktātmā mad-arpita-manā matto 'nyat kiṃcid apy anicchann atipriyeṇa mayā vinā lavam api sthātum asamartho mām eva sarvottamāṃ matiṃ prāpyam āsthitaḥ niścitavān atas tena tādṛśena vinā lavam api sthātum asamarthasya mamātmaiva saḥ | na ca jñāni-jīvasya hariḥ svenābhedam āheti vācyam | jñāna-bhajatvāsiddher bhajatāṃ cāturvidhyāsiddher mokṣe bheda-vākya-vyākopāc ca | tasmād atipriyatvād eva tatrātmety
uktir mamātmā bhadrasena itivat | ātmaiva mana eva matam ity apare ||18||
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BhG 7.19
bahūnāṃ janmanām ante jñānavān māṃ prapadyate |
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ ||19||
śrīdharaḥ - evambhūto mad-bhakto 'tidurlabha ity āha bahūnām iti | bahūnāṃ janmanām kiṃcit kiṃcit puṇyopacayenānte carame janmani jñānavān san sarvam idaṃ carācaraṃ vāsudeva eveti sarvātma-dṛṣṭyā māṃ prapadyate bhajati | ataḥ sa mahātmāparicchinna-dṛṣṭiḥ sudurlabhaḥ ||19||
madhusūdanaḥ - yasmād evaṃ tasmāt bahūnām iti | bahūnāṃ janmanāṃ kiṃcit kiṃcit puṇyopacaya-hetūnām ante carame janmani sarva-sukṛta-vipāka-rūpe vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti jñānavān san māṃ nirupādhi-premāspadaṃ prapadyate sarvadā samasta-prema-viṣayatvena bhajate | sakalam idam ahaṃ ca vāsudeva iti dṛṣṭyā sarva-premṇāṃ mayy eva paryavasāyitvāt | ataḥ sa evaṃ-jñāna-pūrvaka-mad-bhaktimān mahātmātyanta-śuddhāntaḥkaraṇatvāj jīvanmuktaḥ sarvotkṛṣṭo na tat-samo 'nyo 'sti adhikas tu nāsty eva | ataḥ sudurlabho manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu duḥkhenāpi labdhum aśakyaḥ | ataḥ sa niratiśaya-mat-prīti-viṣaya iti yuktam evety arthaḥ ||19||
viśvanāthaḥ - nanu mām evānuttamāṃ gatim āsthita iti brūṣe ataḥ sa jñāni-bhaktas tvām eva prāpnoti | kintu kiyataḥ samayād anantaraṃ sa jñānī bhakty-adhikārī bhavatīty ata āha bahūnām iti | vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sarvatra vāsudeva-darśī jñānavān bahūnāṃ janmanām ante māṃ prapadyate | tādṛśa-sādhu-yādṛcchika-saṅga-vaśāt mat-prapattiṃ prāpnoti | sa ca jñānī bhakto mahātmā susthira-cittaḥ sudurlabhaḥ | manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu iti mad-ukteḥ | aikāntika-bhaktas tu kim uteti sa tv atisudurlabha eveti bhāvaḥ ||19||
baladevaḥ - nanv ārtādīnām ante kā niṣṭheti cet tatrāha bahūnām iti | ārtādis trividho mad-bhaktaḥ kṛta-mad-bhakti-mahimnā bahūni janmāny uttamān viṣayānandān anubhūya teṣu vitṛṣṇo 'nte janmani mat-svarūpa-jña-sat-prasaṅgāt jñānavān prāpta-mat-svarūpa-jñānaḥ san māṃ prapadyante | tato vindatīy arthaḥ | jñānākāram āha vāsudeva iti | vasudeva-sutaḥ kṛṣṇa eva sarvam | kṛṣṇāyatta-svarūpa-sthiti-pravṛttikaṃ sarvaṃ vastv ity arthaḥ | yad dhi yad adhīna-svarūpa-sthitikatvāt prāṇa-rūpaṃ vāg-ādi-vyapadiṣṭaṃ chāndogye na vai vāco na cakṣūṃṣi na śrotrāṇi na manāṃsīty ācakṣate prāṇā ity evācakṣate prāṇo hy evaitāni sarvāṇi bhavati || [ChāU 5.1.15] iti tatrāhuḥ sarvaṃ vastu vāsudevena vyāpyam ataḥ sarvaṃ vāsudeva ity arthaḥ | sarvaṃ samāpnoṣi
tato 'si sarvam [Gītā 11.40] iti pārtho vakṣyatīti | sa hi nikhila-spṛhā-nivṛtti-pūrvakaṃ mat-spṛho mad-ātmāty-udāra-manā man-niveditātmā jñāni-koṭiṣv api sudurlabhaḥ | eṣa jñānavān priyo hi jñānino 'tyartham [Gītā 7.17] ity ādy-ukta-lakṣaṇo bodhyaḥ ||19||
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BhG 7.20
kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ |
taṃ taṃ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā ||20||
śrīdharaḥ -tad evaṃ kāmino 'pi santaḥ kāma-prāptaye parameśvaram eva ye bhajanti te kāmān prāpya śanair mucyanta ity uktam | ye tv atyantaṃ rājasās tāmasāś ca kāmābhibhūtāḥ kṣudra-devatāḥ sevante te saṃsarantīty āha kāmair iti caturbhiḥ | ye tu tais taiḥ putra-kīrti-śatru-jayādi-viṣayaiḥ kāmair apahṛta-vivekā santo 'nyāḥ kṣudrā bhūta-preta-yakṣādyā devatā bhajanti | kiṃ kṛtvā ? tat-tad-devatārādhane yo yo niyama upavāsādi-lakṣaṇas taṃ taṃ niyamaṃ svīkṛtya | tatrāpi svayā svīyayā prakṛtyā pūrvābhyāsa-vāsanayā niyatā vaśīkṛtāḥ santaḥ ||20||
madhusūdanaḥ - mohana-stambhanākarṣaṇa-vaśīkaraṇa-māraṇoccāṭanādi-viṣayair bhagavat-sevayā labdhum aśakyatvenābhimatais tais taiḥ kṣudraiḥ kāmair abhilāṣair hṛtam apahṛtaṃ bhagavato vāsudevād vimukhīkṛtya tat-tat-phala-dātṛtvābhimata-kṣudra-devatābhimukhyaṃ nītaṃ jñānam antaḥ-karaṇaṃ yeṣāṃ te 'nya-devatā bhagavato vāsudevād anyāḥ kṣudra-devatās taṃ taṃ niyamaṃ japopavāsa-pradakṣiṇā-namaskārādi-rūpaṃ tat-tad-devatārādhane prasiddhaṃ niyamam āsthāyāśritya prapadyante bhajante tat-tat-kṣudra-phala-prāptīcchayā | kṣudra-devatā-madhye 'pi kecit kāṃcid eva bhajante svayā prakṛtyā niyatā asādhāraṇayā pūrvābhyāsa-vāsanayā vaśīkṛtā santaḥ ||20||
viśvanāthaḥ - nanu ārtādayaḥ sa-kāmā api bhagavantaṃ tvāṃ bhajantaḥ kṛtārthā iva ity avagatam | ye tu ārtādayaḥ ārti-hānādi-kāmanayā devatāntaraṃ bhajante | teṣāṃ kā gatir ity apekṣāyām āha kāmair iti caturbhiḥ | hṛta-jñānā iti rogādy-ārti-harāḥ śīghraṃ yathā sūryādayas tathā na viṣṇur iti naṣṭa-buddhayaḥ | prakṛtyeti svayā prakṛtyā niyatā vaśīkṛtāḥ santas teṣāṃ duṣṭā prakṛtir eva mat-prapattau parāṅmukhīti bhāvaḥ ||20||
baladevaḥ - tad itthaṃ kāmanayāpi māṃ bhajanto mad-bhakti-mahimnā te vimucyanta ity uktam | ye tu śīghra-sukha-kāmā devatāntara-bhaktās te saṃsaranty evety āha kāmair ity ādibhiś caturbhiḥ | tais tair ārti-vināśādi-viṣayakaiḥ kāmair hṛta-jñānā yathādityādayaḥ śīghram eva roga-vināśādikarās tathā na viṣṇur iti naṣṭa-dhiya ity arthaḥ | taṃ tam asādhāraṇaṃ svayā prakṛtyā vāsanayā niyatā niyantritās teṣāṃ prakṛtir eva tādṛśī yā mat-prapattau vaimukhyaṃ karotīti bhāvaḥ ||20||
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BhG 7.21
yo yo yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitum icchati |
tasya tasyācalāṃ śraddhāṃ tām eva vidadhāmy aham ||21||
śrīdharaḥ - devatā-viśeṣaṃ ye bhajanti teṣāṃ madhye yo ya iti | yo yo bhakto yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ devatā-rūpāṃ madīyām eva mūrtiṃ śraddhayārcitum icchati pravartate tasya tasya bhaktasya tat-tan-mūrti-viṣayāṃ tām eva śraddhām acalāṃ dṛḍhām aham antaryāmī vidadhāmi karomi ||21||
madhusūdanaḥ - tat tad devatā-prasādāt teṣām api sarveśvare bhagavati vāsudeve bhaktir bhaviṣyatīti na śaṅkanīyaṃ, yato yo ya iti | teṣāṃ madhye yo yaḥ kāmī yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ devatā-mūrtiṃ śraddhayā janmāntara-vāsanābala-prādurbhūtayā bhaktyā saṃyuktaḥ sann arcitum arcayitum icchati pravartate | caurādikasyārcayater ṇij-abhāva-pakṣe rūpam idam | tasya tasya kāminas tām eva devatā-tanuṃ prati śraddhāṃ pūrva-vāsanāvaśāt prāptāṃ bhaktim acalāṃ sthirāṃ viddadhāmi karomy aham antaryāmī, na tu mad-viṣayāṃ śraddhāṃ tasya tasya karomīty arthaḥ | tām eva śraddhām iti vyākhyāne yac-chabdānanvayaḥ spaṣṭas tasmāt pratiśabdam adhyāhṛtya vyākhyātam ||21||
viśvanāthaḥ - te te devāḥ pūjāṃ prāpya prasannās teṣāṃ sva-sva-pūjakānāṃ hitārthaṃ tvad-bhaktau śraddhām utpādayiṣyantīti mā vādīḥ | yatas te devāḥ sva-bhaktāv api śraddhām utpādayitum aśaktāḥ | kiṃ punar mad-bhaktāv ity āha yo ya iti | yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ sūryādi-deva-rūpāṃ madīyāṃ mūrtiṃ vibhūtim arcitum pūjayituṃ tām eva tat-tad-devatā-viṣayām eva, na tu sva-viṣayāṃ śraddhām aham antaryāmy eva vidadhāmi, na tu sā devatā ||21||
baladevaḥ - sarvāntaryāmī mahā-vibhūtiḥ sarva-hitecchur aham eva tat-tad-devatāsu śraddhām utpādya tāḥ pūjayitvā tat-tad-anurūpāṇi phalāni prayacchāmi, na tu tāsāṃ tatra tatra śaktir astīty āśayavān āha ya iti dvābhyām | yo ya ārtādi-bhakto yāṃ yām ādiyādi-rūpāṃ mat-tanuṃ śraddhayārcituṃ vāñchati | tasya tasya tām eva tat-tad-devatā-viṣayām eva, na tu mad-viṣayām | acalāṃ sthirām | vidadhāmy utpādayāmy aham eva, na tu sā sā devatā | śrutiś ca tat-tad-devatānāṃ mat-tanutvam āha ya āditye tiṣṭhaty ādityād antaro yamādityo na veda yasyādityaḥ śarīram [BAU 3.7.9] ity ādyā ||21||
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BhG 7.22
sa tayā śraddhayā yuktas tasyā rādhanam īhate |
labhate ca tataḥ kāmān mayaiva vihitān hi tān ||22||
śrīdharaḥ - tataś ca tayeti | sa bhaktas tayā dṛḍhayā śraddhayā tasyās tano rādhanm ārādhanam īhate karoti | tataś ca ye saṅkalpitāḥ kāmās tān kāmāṃs tato devatā-viśeṣāl labhate | kintu mayaiva tat-tad-devatāntaryāminā vihitān nirmitān hi | sphuṭam etat tat-tad-devatānām api mad-adhīnatvān man-mūrtitvāc cety arthaḥ ||22||
madhusūdanaḥ - sa kāmī tayā mad-vihitayā sthirayā śraddhayā yuktas tasyā devatā-tanvā rādhanam ārādhanaṃ pūrajam īhate nirvartayati | upasarga-rahito 'pi rādhayatiḥ pūjārthaḥ | sopasargatve hy ākāraḥ śrūyate | labhate ca tatas tasyā devatā-tanvāḥ sakāśāt kāmānīpsitāṃs tān pūrva-saṅkalpitān hi prasiddham | mayaiva sarvajñena sarva-karma-phala-dāyinā tat-tad-devatāntaryāmiṇā vihitāṃs tat-tat-phala-vipāka-samaye nirmitān | hitān manaḥ-priyānityaika-padyaṃ vā | ahitatve 'pi hitatayā pratīyamānānityārthaḥ ||22||
viśvanāthaḥ - īhate karoti | sa tat-tad-devatārādhanāt kāmānārādhana-phalāni labhate | na ca te te kāmā api tais tair devaiḥ pūrṇāḥ kartuṃ śakyanta ity āha mayaiva vihitān pūrṇīkṛtān ||22||
baladevaḥ - sa tayeti | īhate karoti | tato mat-tanu-bhūta-tat-tad-devatārādhanāt | kāmān phalāni tatra tatroktāni | mayaiveti vihitān racitān | yadyapi tasya tasyārādhakasya tathā jñānaṃ nāsti tathāpi mat-tanu-viṣayeyaṃ śraddhety anusandhāyāhaṃ phalāny arpayāmīti bhāvaḥ ||22||
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BhG 7.23
antavat tu phalaṃ teṣāṃ tad bhavaty alpa-medhasām |
devān deva-yajo yānti mad-bhaktā yānti mām api ||23||
śrīdharaḥ - tad evaṃ yadyapi sarvā api devatāḥ sarvātmano mamaiva tanavaḥ | atas tad-ārādhanam api vastuto mad-ārādhanam eva | tatra phala-dātāpi cāham eva | tathāpi sākṣān-mad-bhaktānāṃ teṣāṃ ca phala-vaiṣamyaṃ bhavatīty āha antavad iti | alpa-medhasāṃ paricchanna-dṛṣṭīnāṃ mayā dattam api tat-phalam antavad vināśi bhavati | tad evāha devān yajantīti deva-yajaḥ | te devān antavato yānti | mad-bhaktās tu mām anādy-anantaṃ paramānandaṃ prāpnuvanti ||23||
madhusūdanaḥ - yadyapi sarvā api devatāḥ sarvātmano mamaiva tanavas tad-ārādhanam api vastuto mad-ārādhanam eva sarvatrāpi ca phala-dātāntaryāmy aham eva, tathāpi sākṣān-mad-bhaktānāṃ ca teṣāṃ ca vastu-vivekāviveka-kṛtaṃ phala-vaiṣamyaṃ bhavatīty āha antavad iti | alpa-medhasāṃ manda-prajñatvena vastu-vivekāsamarthānāṃ teṣāṃ tat-tad-devatā-bhaktānāṃ tan mayā vihitam api tat-tad-devatārādhanajaṃ phalam antavad eva vināśy eva na tu mad-bhaktānāṃ vivekinām ivānantaṃ phalaṃ teṣām ity arthaḥ | kutaḥ ? evaṃ yato devān indrādīn antavata eva deva-yajo mad-anya-devatārādhana-parā yānti prāpnuvanti | mad-bhaktās tu trayaḥ sa-kāmāḥ prathamaṃ mat-prasādād abhīṣṭān kāmān prāpnuvanti | api-śabda-prayogāt tato mad-upāsanā-paripākān mām anantam ānanda-ghanam
īśvaram api yānti prāpnuvanti | ataḥ samāne 'pi sakāmatve mad-bhaktānām anya-devatā-bhaktānāṃ ca mahad-antaram | tasmāt sādhūktam udārāḥ sarva evaita iti ||23||
viśvanāthaḥ - kintu teṣāṃ devatāntara-bhaktānām phalaṃ tat-tad-devatārādhana-janyam antavat naśvaraṃ kaiñcitkālikaṃ bhavati | nanu ārādhane śrame tulyo 'pi devatāntara-bhaktānāṃ phalaṃ naśvaraṃ karoṣi, sva-bhaktānāṃ tv anaśvaraṃ karoṣīti tvayi parameśvare 'yam anyāyas tatra nāyam anyāya ity āha deva-yajo deva-pūjakā devān eva yānti prāpnuvanti | mat-pūjakā api mām | ayam arthaḥ | ye hi yat-pūjakās te tān prāpnuvanty eveti nyāya eva | tatra yadi devā api naśvarās tadā tad-bhaktāḥ katham anaśvarā bhavantu | kathantarāṃ yā tad bhajana-phalaṃ vā na naśyatu | ataeva tad-bhaktā alpa-medhasa uktāḥ | bhagavāṃs tu nityas tad-bhaktā api nityās tad-bhakti-bhakti-phalaṃ ca sarvaṃ nityam eveti ||23||
baladevaḥ - nanu devāś cet tvat-tanavas tarhi deva-bhaktānāṃ tad-bhaktānāṃ ca samānaṃ phalaṃ syād iti cet tatrāha antavad iti | teṣām alpa-medhasām ādityādi-mātra-buddhyā, na tu mat-tanuvudbhyārādhayatāṃ tat-tat-phalam alpam antavad vināśi ca bhavati, mat-tanuvudbhyārādhayatāṃ tu phalam anantam avināśi ceti bhāvaḥ | yasmād ādityādi-deva-yājinas tān svejyān mita-bhogān mitāyuṣo yāntīti, mad-bhaktās tu mām eva nityāparimita-svarūpa-guṇa-vibhūti-mad-ārādhana-phalam anantam avināśi ceit mahad-antaram ity arthaḥ ||23||
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BhG 7.24
avyaktaṃ vyaktim āpannaṃ manyante mām abuddhayaḥ |
paraṃ bhāvam ajānanto mamāvyayam anuttamam ||24||
śrīdharaḥ - nau ca samāne prayāse mahati ca phala-viśeṣe sati sarve 'pi kim iti devatāntaraṃ hitvā tvām eva na bhajanti ? tatrāha avyaktam iti | avyaktaṃ prapañcātītaṃ māṃ vyaktiṃ manuṣya-matsya-kūrmādi-bhāvaṃ prāptam alpa-buddhayo manyante | tatra hetuḥ -- mama paraṃ bhāvaṃ svarūpam ajānantaḥ | katham-bhūtam ? avyayaṃ nityam | na vidyata uttamo bhāvo yasmāt tat mad-bhāvam | ato jagad-rakṣaṇārthaṃ līlayāviṣkṛta-nānā-viśuddhorjita-sattva-mūrtiṃ māṃ parameśvaraṃ ca sva-karma-nirmita-bhautika-dehaṃ ca devatāntaraṃ samaṃ paśyanto manda-matayo māṃ nātīvādriyante | pratyuta kṣipra-phaladaṃ devatāntaram eva bhajanti | te cokta-prakāreṇāntavat phalaṃ prāpunvantīty arthaḥ ||24||
madhusūdanaḥ - evaṃ bhagavad-bhajanasya sarvottama-phalatve 'pi kathaṃ prāyeṇa prāṇino bhagavad-vimukhyā ity atra hetum āha bhagavān avyaktam iti | avyaktaṃ deha-grahaṇāt prāk-kāryākṣamatvena sthitam idānīṃ vasudeva-gṛhe vyaktiṃ bhautika-dehāvacchedena kārya-kṣamatāṃ prāptaṃ kaṃcij jīvam eva manyante mām īśvaram apy abuddhayo viveka-śūnyāḥ | avyaktaṃ sarva-kāraṇam api māṃ vyaktiṃ kārya-rūpatāṃ matsya-kūrmādy-anekāvatāra-rūpeṇa prāptam iti vā |
kathaṃ te jīvās tvāṃ na viviñcanti ? tatrābuddhaya ity uktaṃ hetuṃ vivṛṇoti | paraṃ sarva-kāraṇa-rūpam avyayaṃ nityaṃ mama bhāvaṃ svarūpaṃ sopādhikam ajānantas tathā nirupādhikam apy anuttamaṃ sarvotkṛṣṭam anatiśayādvitīya-paramānanda-ghanam anantaṃ mama svarūpam ajānanto jīvānukāri-kārya-darśanāj jīvam eva kaṃcin māṃ manyante | tato mām anīśvaratvenābhimataṃ vihāya prasiddhaṃ devatāntaram eva bhajante | tataś cāntavad eva phalaṃ prāpnuvantīty arthaḥ | agre ca vakṣyate avajānanti māṃ mūḍhā mānuṣīṃ tanum āśritam [Gītā 9.11] iti ||24||
viśvanāthaḥ - devatāntara-bhaktānām alpa-medhasāṃ vārtā dūre tāvad āstām | vedādi-samasta-śāstra-darśino 'pi mat-tattvaṃ na jānanti |
athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya-
prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi |
jānāti tattvaṃ bhagavan mahimno
na cānya eko 'pi ciraṃ vicinvan || [BhP 10.14.29]
iti brahmaṇāpi māṃ pratyuktam | ato mad-bhaktān vinā mat-tattva-jñāne sarvatra vālpa-buddhaya ity āha avyaktaṃ prapañcātītaṃ nirākāraṃ brahmaiva māṃ māyikākāratvenaiva vyaktiṃ vasudeva-gṛhe janma prāptaṃ nirbuddhayo manyante māyikākāyasyaiva dṛśyatvād iti bhāvaḥ | yato mama paraṃ bhāvaṃ māyātītaṃ svarūpaṃ janma-karma-līlādikam ajānantaḥ | bhāvaṃ kīdṛśam ? avyayaṃ nityam anuttamaṃ sarvotkṛṣṭam | bhāvaḥ sattā svabhāvābhiprāya-ceṣṭātma-janmasu | kriyā-līlā-padārtheṣu iti medinī | bhagavat-svarūpa-guṇa-janma-karma-līlānām anādy-antatvena nityatvaṃ śrī-rūpa-gosvāmi-caraṇair bhāgavatāmṛta-granthe pratipāditam | mama paraṃ bhāvaṃ svarūpam avyayaṃ nityam viśuddhorjita-sattva-mūrtṃ iti svāmi-caraṇaiś coktam ||24||
baladevaḥ - atha kā vārtā mad-anya-deva-yājinām alpa-medhasām upaniṣan-niṣṇātānām api mad-bhakti-riktānāṃ mat-tattva-dhīr na syād ity āśayenāha avyaktam iti | abuddhayo mat-tattva-yāthātmya-buddhi-śūnyā janā avyaktaṃ sva-prakāśātma-vigrahatvād indriyāviṣayaṃ māṃ vyaktim āpannaṃ tad-viṣayāṃ manyante | devakyāṃ vasudevāt sattvotkṛṣṭena karmaṇā sañjātam itara-rāja-putra-tulyaṃ māṃ vadanti | yatas te mad-abhijña-sat-prasaṅgābhāvān mama bhāvaṃ param avyayam anuttamam ajānantaḥ -
bhāvaḥ sattā svabhāvābhiprāya-ceṣṭātma-janmasu |
kriyā-līlā-padārtheṣu vibhūti-budha-jantuṣu || iti medinī-kāraḥ |
mad-bhakti-hīnās te mama svarūpa-guṇa-janma-līlādi-lakṣaṇa-bhāvaṃ māyāditaḥ paramato 'vyayaṃ nityam anuttamaṃ sarvottamaṃ na, kintv anyavan māyikam anityaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ ca gṛhṇanta ity arthaḥ | svarūpaṃ harer vijñānānandaika-rasaṃ vijñānam ānandaṃ brahma ity ādeḥ | sārvajñādi-guṇa-gaṇas tasya svarūpānubandhī ananta-kalyāṇa-guṇātmako 'sau ity ādeḥ | abhivyakti-mātraṃ janma ajo 'pi san ity ādeḥ | parantu avyaktasyaiva bhajatsu prasādenaivābhivyakti-śīlaṃ [MBh 12.323.18] -
na śakyaḥ sa tvayā draṣṭum asmābhir vā bṛhaspate |
yasya prasādaṃ kurute sa vai taṃ draṣṭum arhati || ity ādeḥ ||24||
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BhG 7.25
nāhaṃ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ |
mūḍho 'yaṃ nābhijānāti loko mām ajam avyayam ||25||
śrīdharaḥ - teṣāṃ svājñāne hetum āha nāham iti | sarvasya lokasya nāhaṃ prakāśaḥ prakaṭo na bhavāmi | kintu mad-bhaktānām eva | yato yoga-māyayā samāvṛtaḥ | yogo yuktir madīyaḥ ko 'py acintyaḥ prajñā-vilāsaḥ | sa eva māyāghaṭana-ghaṭanāpaṭīyastvāt | tayā saṃcchannaḥ ataeva mat-svarūpa-jñāne mūḍhaḥ sann ayaṃ loko 'jam avyayaṃ ca māṃ na jānātīti ||25||
madhusūdanaḥ - nanu janma-kāle 'pi sarva-yogi-dhyeyaṃ śrī-vaikuṇṭha-stham aiśvaram eva rūpam āvirbhāvitavati samprati ca śrīvatsa-kaustubha-vanamālā-kirīṭa-kuṇḍalādi-divyopakaraṇa-śālini kambu-kamala-kaumodakī-cakra-vara-dhāri-catur-bhuje śrīmad-vainateya-vāhane nikhila-sura-loka-sampādita-rāja-rājeśvarābhiṣekādi-mahā-vaibhave sarva-surāsura-jetari vividha-divya-līlā-vilāsa-śīle sarvāvatāra-śiromaṇau sākṣād-vaikuṇṭha-nāyake nikhila-loka-duḥkha-nistārāya bhuvam avatīrṇe viriñci-prapañcāsambhavi-niratiśaya-saundarya-sāra-sarvasva-mūrtau bāla-līlā-vimohita-vidhātari taraṇi-kiraṇojjvala-divya-pītāmbare nirupama-śyāmasundare kara-dīkṛta-pārijātārtha-parājita-purandare bāṇa-yuddha-vijita-śaśāṅka-śekhare samasta-surāsura-vijayi-naraka-prabhṛti-mahā-daiteya-prakara-prāṇa-paryanta-sarvasva-hāriṇi
śrīdāmādi-parama-raṅka-mahā-vaibhava-kāriṇi ṣoḍaśa-sahasra-divya-rūpa-dhāriṇy aparimeya-guṇa-garimaṇi mahā-mahimani nārad-mārkaṇḍeyādi-mahā-muni-gaṇa-stute tvayi katham avivekino 'pi manuṣa-buddhir jīva-buddhir vety arjunāśaṅkām apaninīṣur āha bhagavān nāham iti |
ahaṃ sarvasya lokasya na prakāśaḥ svena rūpeṇa prakaṭo na bhavāmi | kintu keṣāṃcin mad-bhaktānām prakaṭo bhavāmīty abhiprāyaḥ | kathaṃ sarvasya lokasya na prakaṭa ity atra hetum āha yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ | yogo mama saṅkalpas tad-vaśa-vartinī māyā yoga-māyā tathāyam abhakto jano māṃ svarūpeṇa na jānātv iti saṅkalpānuvidhāyinyā māyayā samyag āvṛtaḥ saty api jñāna-kāraṇe jñāna-viṣayatvāyogyaḥ kṛtaḥ | ato yad uktaṃ paraṃ bhāvam ajānanta iti tatra mama saṅkalpa eva kāraṇam ity uktaṃ bhavati | ato mama māyayā mūḍha āvṛta-jñānaḥ sann ayaṃ caturvidha-bhakta-vilakṣaṇo lokaḥ saty api jñāna-kāraṇe mām ajam avyayam anādy-anantaṃ parameśvaraṃ nābhijānāti, kintu viparīta-dṛṣṭyā manuṣyam eva kaṃcin manyata ity arthaḥ | vidyamānaṃ vastu-svarūpam
āvṛṇoty avidyamānaṃ ca kiṃcid darśayatīti laukika-māyām api prasiddham etat ||25||
viśvanāthaḥ - nanu yadi tvaṃ nitya-rūpa-guṇa-līlo 'si, tadā te tathābhūtā sārvakālikī sthitiḥ kathaṃ na dṛśyate? tatrāha nāham iti | ahaṃ sarvasya sarva-deśa-kāla-vartino janasya na prakāśo na prakaṭaḥ | yathā guṇa-līlā-parikaravattvena sadaiva virājamāno 'pi dadācid eva keṣucid eva bhramāṇḍeṣu | kiṃ ca sūryo yathā sumeru-śailāvaraṇa-vaśāt sarvadā loka-dṛśyo na bhavati, kintu kadācid eva, tathaivāham api yogamāyā-samāvṛtaḥ | na ca jyotiścakravartamānānāṃ prāṇināṃ jyotiścakrastho jyotiścakra-madhye sāmastyena sadaiva virājamāno 'pi sūryaḥ sarva-kāla-deśa-varti-janasya na prakaṭaḥ | kintu kādācitkeṣu ca bhāratādiṣu khaṇḍeṣu vartamānasya janasyaiva tathaivāham api |
sva-dhāmasu svarūpa-sūryo yathā sadaiva dṛśyas tathaiva śrī-kṛṣṇa-dhāmani mathurā-dvārakādau sthitānām idānīntanānāṃ janānāṃ tatrasthaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kathaṃ na dṛśyo bhavati ? ucyate yadi jyotiścakra-madhye sumerur abhaviṣyat tadā tad-āvṛtaḥ sūryo dṛśyo nābhaviṣyat | tatra tu mathurādi-kṛṣṇa-dyumaṇi-dhāmani sumeru-sthānīyā yoga-māyaiva sadā vartata ity atas tad-āvṛtaḥ kṛṣṇārkaḥ sadā na dṛśyate | kintu kadācid eveti sarvam anavadyam | ato mūḍho loko māṃ śyāmasundarākāraṃ vasudevātmajam avyayaṃ māyika-janmādi-śūnyaṃ nābhijānāti | ataeva kalyāṇa-guṇa-vāridhiṃ mām apy antatas tyaktvā man-nirviśeṣ-svarūpaṃ brahmaiva upāsata iti ||25||
baladevaḥ - nanu bhaktā ivābhaktāś ca tvāṃ pratyakṣīkurvanti prasādād eva bhajatsv abhivyaktir iti katham ? tatrāha nāham iti | bhaktānām evāhaṃ nitya-vijñām asukha-ghano 'nanta-kalyāṇa-guṇa-karmā prakāśo 'bhivyakto, na tu sarveṣām abhaktānām api | yad ahaṃ yogamāyayā samāvṛto mad-vimukha-vyāmohakatva-yoga-yuktayā māyayā samācchanna-parisara ity arthaḥ | yad uktaṃ -māyā-javanikācchanna-mahimne brahmaṇe namaḥ iti | māyā-mūḍho 'yaṃ loko 'timānuṣa-daivata-prabhāvaṃ vidhi-rudrādi-vanditam api māṃ nābhijānāti | kīdṛśam ? ajaṃ janma-śūnyaṃ yato 'vyayam apracyuta-svarūpa-sāmarthya-sārvajñyādikam ity arthaḥ ||25||
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BhG 7.26
vedāhaṃ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna |
bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṃ tu veda na kaścana ||26||
śrīdharaḥ -sarvottamaṃ mat-svarūpam ajānanta ity uktam | tad eva svasya sarvottamatvam anāvṛta-jñāna-śaktitvena darśayann anyeṣām ajñānam āha vedāham iti | samātītāni vinaṣṭāni vartamānāni ca bhaviṣyāṇi bhāvini ca trikāla-vartīni bhūtāni sthāvara-jaṅgamāni sarvāny ahaṃ veda jānāmi | māyāśrayatvān mama | tasyāḥ svāśraya-vyāmohakatvābhāvād iti prasiddham | māṃ tu ke 'pi na vetti man-māyā-mohitatvāt | prasiddhaṃ hi loke māyāyāḥ svāśrayādhīnatvam anya-mohakatvaṃ ceti ||26||
madhusūdanaḥ - ato māyayā svādhīnayā sarva-vyāmohakatvāt svayaṃ cāpratibaddha-jñānatvād āha vedāham iti | aham apratibaddha-sarva-vijñāto māyayā sarvān lokān mohayann api samātītāni cira-vinaṣṭāni vartamānāni ca bhaviṣyāṇi ca | evaṃ kāla-traya-vartīni bhūtāni sthāvara-jaṅgamāni sarvāny veda jānāmi | he 'rjuna ! ato 'haṃ sarva-jñaḥ parameśvara ity atra nāsti saṃśaya ity arthaḥ | māṃ tu | tu-śabdo jñāna-pratibandha-dyotanārthaḥ | māṃ sarva-darśinam api māyāvinam iva tan-māyā-mohitaḥ kaścana ko 'pi mad-anugraha-bhājanaṃ mad-bhaktaṃ vinā na veda man-māyā-mohitatvāt | ato mat-tattva-vedanābhāvād eva prāyeṇa prāṇino māṃ na bhajanta ity abhiprāyaḥ ||26||
viśvanāthaḥ - kiṃ ca māyāyāḥ svāśraya-vyāmohakatvābhāvād bahiraṅgā māyā | antaraṅgā yoga-māyā ca mama jñānaṃ nāvṛṇotīty āha vedāham iti | māṃ tu kaścana prākṛto 'prākṛtaś ca loko mahā-rudrādir mahā-sarvajño 'pi na kārtsnyena veda, yathāyogaṃ māyayā yoga-māyayā ca jñānāvaraṇād iti bhāvaḥ || ||26||
baladevaḥ - nanu māyāvṛtatvāt tava jīvavad ajñatāpattir iti cet tatrāha vedāham iti | na hi mad-adhīnayā mat-tejasābhibhūtayā dūrato javanikayaiva māṃ sevamānayā māyayā mama kācid vikṛtir ity arthaḥ | māṃ tu vedeti maj-jñānī koṭiṣv api sudurlabha ity arthaḥ ||26||
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BhG 7.27
icchā-dveṣa-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārata |
sarva-bhūtāni saṃmohaṃ sarge yānti parantapa ||27||
śrīdharaḥ - tad evaṃ māyā-viṣayatvena jīvānāṃ parameśvarājñānam uktam | tasyaivājñānasya dṛḍhatve kāraṇam āha iccheti | sṛjyata iti sargaḥ | sarge sthūla-dehotpattau satyāṃ tad-anukūla icchā | tat-pratikūle ca dveṣaḥ | tābhyāṃ samutthaḥ samudbhūto yaḥ śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkhādi-dvandva-nimitto moho viveka-bhraṃśaḥ | tena sarvāṇi bhūtāni saṃmohaṃ yānti | aham eva sukhī duḥkhī ceti gāḍhataram abhiniveśaṃ prāpnuvanti | atas tāni maj-jñānābhāvān māṃ na bhajantīti bhāvaḥ ||27||
madhusūdanaḥ - yoga-māyāṃ bhagavat-tattva-vijñāna-pratibandhe dehendriya-saṃghātābhimānātiśaya-pūrvakaṃ bhogābhiniveśaṃ hetv-antaram āha iccheti | icchā-dveṣābhyām anukūla-pratikūla-viṣayābhyāṃ samutthitena śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkhādi-dvandva-nimittena mohenāhaṃ sukhy ahaṃ duḥkhīty ādi-viparyayeṇa sarvāṇy api bhūtāni saṃmohaṃ vivekāyogyatvaṃ sarge sthūla-dehotpattau satyāṃ yānti | he bhārata ! he parantapa ! iti sambodhana-dvayasya kula-mahimnā svarūpa-śaktyā ca tvāṃ dvandva-mohākhyaḥ śatrur nābhibhavitum alam iti bhāvaḥ | na hīcchā-dveṣa-rahitaṃ kiṃcid api bhūtam asti | na ca tābhyām āviṣṭasya bahir viṣayam api jñānaṃ sambhavati, kiṃ punar ātma-viṣayam | ato rāga-dveṣa-vyākulāntaḥ-karaṇatvāt sarvāṇy api bhūtāni māṃ parameśvaram ātma-bhūtaṃ
na jānanti | ato na bhajante bhajanīyam api ||27||
viśvanāthaḥ - tan-māyayā jīvāḥ kadārabhya muhyantīty apekṣāyām āha iccheti | sarge jagat-sṛṣṭy-ārambha-kāle sarva-bhūtāni sarve jīvāḥ sammohayanti | kena ? prācīna-karmodbuddhau yāv icchā-dveṣau indriyāṇām anukūle viṣaye icchābhilāṣaḥ pratikūle dveṣaḥ tābhyāṃ samutthaḥ samudbhūto yo dvandvo mānāpamānayoḥ śītoṣṇādyāḥ sukha-duḥkhayoḥ strī-puṃsayor mohaḥ - ahaṃ sammānitaḥ sukhī, aham avamānito duḥkhī | mameyaṃ strī, mamāyaṃ purusaḥ ity ādyākāraka āvidyako yo mohas tena saṃmohaṃ strī-putrādiṣv atyantāsaktiṃ prāpnuvanti | ataevātyantāsaktānāṃ na mad-bhaktāv adhikāraḥ | yad uddhavaṃ prati mayaiva vakṣyate -
yadṛcchayā mat-kathādau jāta-śraddhas tu yaḥ pumān |
na nirviṇṇo nāti-sakto bhakti-yogo 'sya siddhi-daḥ || [BhP 11.20.8] iti |
baladevaḥ - tvaj-jñānī kutaḥ sudurlabhas tatrāha iccheti | sarge svotpatti-kāle eva sarva-bhūtāni saṃmohaṃ yānti | kenety āha dvandva-moheneti | mānāpamānayoḥ sukha-duḥkhayoḥ strī-puruṣayor dvandvair yo mohaḥ sat-kṛto 'haṃ sukhī syām asat-kṛtas tu duḥkhī mameyaṃ patnī mamāyaṃ patir ity evam abhiniveśa-lakṣaṇas tenety arthaḥ | kīdṛśenety āha iccheti pūrva-janmani yatra yatra yāv icchā-dveṣāv abhūtāṃ tābhyāṃ saṃskārātmanā sthitābhyāṃ samuttiṣṭhati para-janmani tatra tatrotpadyata ity arthaḥ | icchā rāgaḥ | evaṃ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ saṃmūḍhatvān maj-jñānī sudurlabhaḥ ||27||
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BhG 7.28
yeṣāṃ tv anta-gataṃ pāpaṃ janānāṃ puṇya-karmaṇām |
te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā bhajante māṃ dṛḍha-vratāḥ ||28||
śrīdharaḥ - kutas tarhi kecana tvāṃ bhajanto dṛśyante ? tatrāha yeṣām iti | yeṣāṃ tu puṇya-caraṇa-śīlānāṃ sarva-pratibandhakaṃ pāpam anta-gataṃ naṣṭaṃ te dvandva-nimittena mohena nirmuktā dṛḍha-vratā ekāntinaḥ santo bhajante ||28||
madhusūdanaḥ - yadi sarva-bhūtāni saṃmohaṃ yānti, kathaṃ tarhi catur-vidhā bhajante mām ity uktam ? satyaṃ, sukṛtātiśayena teṣāṃ kṣīṇa-pāpatvād ity āha yeṣām iti | yeṣāṃ tv itara-loka-vilakṣaṇānāṃ janānāṃ saphala-janmanāṃ puṇya-karmaṇām aneka-janmasu puṇyācaraṇa-śīlānāṃ tais taiḥ puṇyaiḥ karmabhir jñāna-pratibandhakaṃ pāpam antagatam antam avasānaṃ prāptaṃ te pāpābhāvena tan-nimittena dvandva-mohena rāga-dveṣādi-nibandhana-viparyāsena svata eva nirmuktāḥ punar āvṛtty-ayogyatvena tyaktā dṛḍha-vratā acālya-saṃkalpāḥ sarvathā bhagavān eva bhajnīyaḥ sa caivaṃ-rūpa eveti pramāṇa-janitāprāmāṇya-śaṅkā-śūnya-vijñānāḥ santo māṃ paramātmānaṃ bhajante 'nanya-śaraṇāḥ santaḥ sevante etādṛśā eva catur-vidhā bhajante
māṃ ity atra sukṛti-śabdenoktāḥ | ataḥ sarva-bhūtāni saṃmohaṃ yāntīty utsargaḥ | teṣāṃ madhye ye sukṛtinas te saṃmoha-śūnyā māṃ bhajanta ity apavāda iti na virodhaḥ | ayam evotsargaḥ prāg api pratipāditas tribhir guṇamayair bhāvair ity atra | tasmāt sarttva-śodhaka-puṇya-karma-saṃcāya sarvadā yatanīyam iti bhāvaḥ ||28||
viśvanāthaḥ -- tarhi keṣāṃ bhaktāv adhikāra ity ata āha yeṣāṃ puṇya-karmaṇāṃ pāpaṃ tvaṃ tu gatam anta-kālaṃ prāntaṃ naśyad-avasthaṃ, na tu samyak naṣṭam ity arthaḥ | teṣāṃ sattva-guṇodreke sati tamo-guṇa-hrāsaḥ | tasmin sati tat-kāryo moho 'pi hrasati | moha-hrāse sati te khalu atyāsakti-rahitā yādṛcchika-mad-bhakta-saṅgena bhajante mātram | ye tu bhajanādy-abhyāsataḥ samyak naṣṭa-pāpās te mohena niḥśeṣeṇa muktā dṛḍha-vratāḥ prāpta-niṣṭhāḥ santo māṃ bhajante | na caivaṃ puṇya-karmaiva sarva-vidhayoḥ bhakteḥ kāraṇam iti mantavyam |
yaṃ na yogena sāṅkhyena dāna-vrata-tapo- 'dhvaraiḥ |
vyākhyā-svādhyāya-sannyāsaiḥ prāpnuyād yatnavān api || [BhP 11.12.9]
iti bhagavad-ukteḥ | kevala-bhakti-yogasya puṇyādi-karmāśrayaṃ naiva kāraṇam iti bahuśaḥ pratipādanāt ||28||
baladevaḥ - nanu keṣāṃcit tvad-bhaktiḥ pratīyate sā na syāt | sarva-bhūtāni sarge saṃmohaṃ yāntīty ukter iti cet tatrāha yeṣāṃ prāṇināṃ yādṛcchika-mahattama-dṛṣṭi-pātāt pāpam anta-gataṃ nāśaṃ prāptam abhūt viṣṇor bhūtāni bhūtānāṃ pāvanāya caranti hi [BhP 11.2.28] iti smṛteḥ | kīdṛśānām ity āha puṇyeti | puṇyaṃ manojñaṃ karma mahattama-vīkṣaṇa-rūpaṃ yeṣāṃ puṇyaṃ tu cārv api ity amaraḥ | te dṛḍha-vratā mahat-prasaṅga-prāpta-niṣṭhā dvandva-mohena nirmuktā mat-tattva-jñāḥ santo māṃ bhajante ||28||
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BhG 7.29
jarā-maraṇa-mokṣāya mām āśritya yatanti ye |
te brahma tad viduḥ kṛtsnam adhyātmaṃ karma cākhilam ||29||
śrīdharaḥ - evaṃ ca māṃ bhajantaḥ sarvaṃ vijñeyaṃ vijñāya kṛtārthāḥ bhavantīty āha jareti | jarāmaraṇayor mokṣāya nirasanārthaṃ mām āśritya ye prayatante te tat paraṃ brahma viduḥ | kṛtsnam adhyātmaṃ ca viduḥ | yena tat prāptavyaṃ taṃ dehādi-vyatiriktaṃ śuddham ātmānaṃ ca jānantīty arthaḥ | tat-sādhana-bhūtam akhilaṃ sa-rahasyaṃ karma ca jānantīty arthaḥ ||29||
madhusūdanaḥ - athedānīm arjunasya praśyan utthāpayituṃ sūtra-bhūtau ślokāv ucyete | anayor eva vṛtti-sthānīya uttaro 'dhyāyo bhaviṣyati jareti | ye saṃsāra-duḥkhān nirviṇṇā jarā-maraṇayor mokṣāya jarā-maraṇādi-vividha-duḥsaha-saṃsāra-duḥkha-nirāsāya tad-eka-hetuṃ māṃ sa-guṇaṃ bhagavantam āśrityetara-sarva-vaimukhyena śaraṇaṃ gatvā yatanti yatante mad-arpitāni phalābhisandhi-śūnyāni vihitāni karmāṇi kurvanti te krameṇa śuddhāntaḥ-karaṇāḥ santas taj-jagat-kāraṇaṃ māyādhiṣṭhānaṃ śuddhaṃ paraṃ brahma nirguṇaṃ tat-pada-lakṣyaṃ māṃ viduḥ | karma ca tad-ubhaya-vedana-sādhanaṃ gurūpasadana-śravaṇa-mananaādy-akhilaṃ niravaśeṣṃ phalāvyabhicāri vidur jānantīty arthaḥ ||29||
viśvanāthaḥ - tad evam ārtādyās trayaḥ sakāmā māṃ bhajantaḥ kṛtārthā bhavantīti | devatāntaraṃ bhajantas tu cyavanta ity uktvā svasyābhajane 'py adhikāriṇaś coktā bhagavatā | idānīm anyaḥ sa-kāmaḥ caturtho 'pi mad-bhakto 'stīty āha jareti | jarāmaraṇayor mokṣāya nāśāya ye yogino yatanti yatante | ye mokṣa-kāmā māṃ bhajantīti phalito 'rthaḥ | te taṃ prasiddhaṃ brahma tathā kṛtsnam ātmānaṃ deham adhikṛtya bhoktṛtayā vartamānam adhyātmaṃ jīvātmānam akhilaṃ karma ca nānā-vidha-karma-janyaṃ jīvasya saṃsāraṃ ca mad-bhakti-prabhāvād eva vidur jānanti ||29||
baladevaḥ -- tad evam ārtādayaḥ sa-kāmā mad-bhaktāḥ kāmān anubhūyānte māṃ prapadya vindanti mad-anya-deva-bhaktās tu saṃsarantīty uktam | atha tebhyo 'nyo 'pi sa-kāmo mad-bhakto 'stīty ucyate jareti | ye jarā-maraṇābhyāṃ vimokṣāya tan-mātra-kāmāḥ santo mām āśritya mad-arcāṃ sevitvā yatante | tat-praṇāmādi kurvanti | te tat prasiddhaṃ brahma kṛtsnaṃ sa-parikaraṃ vidur adhyātmaṃ cākhilaṃ karma ca viduḥ | brahmādi-śabdānām adhibhūtādi-śabdānāṃ cārthāḥ parasminn adhyāye bhagavataiva vyākhyāsyante | mad-arcā-sevayā vijñeyaṃ vijñāya muktiṃ labhante, na tu mad-vaśyatā-karīṃ mat-priyatām ity arthaḥ | smṛtiś caivam āha sakṛd yad aṅga pratmānta-rahitā mona-mayīṃ bhāgavatīṃ dadau gatim ity ādyā ||29||
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BhG 7.30
sādhibhūtādhidaivaṃ māṃ sādhiyajñaṃ ca ye viduḥ |
prayāṇa-kāle 'pi ca māṃ te vidur yukta-cetasaḥ ||30||
śrīdharaḥ - na caivaṃ-bhūtānāṃ yoga-bhraṃśa-śaṅkāpīty āha sādhibhūteti | adhibhūtādi-śabdānām arthaṃ śrī-bhagavān evottarādhyāye vyākhyāsyati | adhibhūtenādhidaivena ca sahādhiyajñena ca saha māṃ ye jānanti te yukta-cetaso mayy āsakta-manasaḥ prayāṇa-kāle 'pi maraṇa-samaye 'pi māṃ vidur jānanti | na tu tad api vyākulībhūya māṃ vismaranti | ato mad-bhaktānāṃ na yoga-bhraṃśa-śaṅketi bhāvaḥ ||30||
kṛṣṇa-bhaktair ayatnena brahma-jñānam avāpyate |
iti vijñāna-yogārthaṃ saptame saṃprakāśitam ||
iti śrī-śrīdhara-svāmikṛtāyāṃ bhagavad-gītā-ṭīkāyāṃ subodhinyāṃ
vijñāna-yogo nāma saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ
||7||
madhusūdanaḥ - na caivaṃ-bhūtānāṃ mad-bhaktānāṃ mṛtyu-kāle 'pi vivaśa-karaṇatayā mad-vismaraṇaṃ śaṅkanīyaṃ, yataḥ sādhibhūtādhidaivam adhibhūtādidaivābhyāṃ sahitaṃ tathā sādhiyajñaṃ cādhiyajñena ca sahitaṃ māṃ ye viduś cintayanti te yukta-cetasaḥ sarvadā mayi samāhita-cetasaḥ santas tat-saṃskāra-pāṭavāt prayāṇa-kāle prāṇotkramaṇa-kāle karaṇa-grāmasyātyanta-vyagratāyām api | ca-kārād ayatnenaiva mat-kṛpayā māṃ sarvātmānaṃ vidur jānanti | teṣāṃ mṛti-kāle 'pi mad-ākāraiva citta-vṛttiḥ pūrvopacita-saṃskāra-pāṭavād bhavati | tathā ca te mad-bhakti-yogāt kṛtārthā eveti bhāvaḥ |
adhibhūtādhidaivādhiyajña-śabdānuttare 'dhyāye 'rjuna-praśna-pūrvakaṃ vyākhyāsyati bhagavān iti sarvam anāvilam | tad atrottamādhikāriṇaṃ prati jñeyaṃ madhyamādhikāriṇaṃ prati ca dhyeyaṃ lakṣaṇayā mukhyayā ca vṛttyā tat-pada-pratipādyaṃ brahma nirūpitam ||30||
iti śrīmat-paramahaṃsa-parivrājakācārya-śrī-viśveśvara-sarasvatī-pāda-śiṣya-śrī-madhusūdana-sarasvatī-viracitāyāṃ śrīmad-bhagavad-gītā-gūḍhārtha-dīpikāyām adhikāri-bhedena jñeya-dhyeya-pratipādya-tattva-brahma-nirūpaṇaṃ nāma
saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||7||
viśvanāthaḥ --- mad-bhakti-prabhāvād yeṣām īdṛśaṃ maj-jñānaṃ syāt teṣām anta-kāle 'pi tad eva jñānaṃ syāt | na tv anyeṣām iva karmopasthāpitā bhāvi-deha-prāpty-anurūpā matir ity āha sādhibhūteti | adhibhūtādayo 'grimādhyāye vyākhyāsyante | bhaktā eva hares tattva-vido māyāṃ taranti, te coktāḥ ṣaḍ-vidhā atrety adhyāyārtho nirūpitaḥ ||30||
iti sārārtha-varṣiṇyāṃ harṣiṇyāṃ bhakta-cetasām |
gītāsu saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ saṅgataḥ saṅgataḥ satām ||7||
baladevaḥ - na ca tat-sevayā prāptaṃ taj-jñānaṃ kadācid api bhraṃśety āha sādhīti | adhibhūtenādhidaivenādhiyajñena ca sahitaṃ māṃ ye viduḥ sat-prasaṅgāj jānanti, te prayāṇa-kāle mṛtyu-samaye 'pi māṃ vidur na tu tad-anyavad vyagrāḥ santo māṃ vismarantīty arthaḥ ||30||
māṃ vidus tattvato bhaktā man-māyām uttaranti te |
te punaḥ pañcadhety eṣa saptamasya vinirṇayaḥ ||
iti śrīmad-bhagavad-gītopaniṣad-bhāṣye saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
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