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Bhagavad-gita with four Commentaries [sanskrit]
140,673 words | ISBN-10: 8189564072 | ISBN-13: 9788189564070
The Sanskrit edition of the Bhagavad Gita with four commentaries: (1) The Subodhini by Shridhara (Sridhara Swami), (2) The Gudharthadipika by Madhusudana (Saraswati), (3) The Sararthavarshini by Vishvanatha (Vishwanath Chakravarti) and (4) The Gitabhushana by Baladeva (Vidyabhushan). Original titles: Bhagavadgītā (भगवद्गीता), Śrīdhara (श्रीधर), Madhusūdana (मधुसूदन), Viśvanātha (विश्वनाथ), Baladeva (बलदेव)
Verse 4.13
cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ |
tasya kartāramapi māṃ viddhyakartāramavyayam ||13||
The Subodhinī commentary by Śrīdhara
nanu kecitsakāmatayā pravartante, kecitniṣkāmatayā iti karmavaicitryam | tatkartṛṇā ca brāhmaṇādīnāmuttamamadhyamādivaicitryaṃ kurvatastava kathaṃ vaiṣamyaṃ nāsti ? ityāśaṅkyāha cāturvarṇyamiti | catvāro varṇā eveti cāturvarṇyaṃ svārthe ṣyañpratyayaḥ | ayamarthaḥ sattvapradhānā brāhmaṇāsteṣāṃ śamadamādīni karmāṇi | sattva rajaḥpradhānāḥ kṣatriyāsteṣāṃ śauryayuddhādīni karmāṇi | rajastamaḥpradhānā vaiśyāsteṣāṃ kṛṣivāṇijyādīni karmāṇi | tamaḥpradhānāḥ śūdrāsteṣāṃ traivarṇikaśuśrūṣādīni
karmāṇi | ityevaṃ guṇānāṃ karmaṇāṃ ca vibhāgaiścāturvarṇyaṃ mayaiva sṛṣṭamiti satyam, tathāpyevaṃ tasya kartāramapi phalato'kartārameva māṃ viddhi | tatra hetuḥ avyayamāsaktirāhityena śramarahitaṃ nāśādirahitaṃ vā ||13||
The Gūḍhārthadīpikā commentary by Madhusūdana
śarīrārambhakaguṇavaiṣamyādapi na sarve samānasvabhāvā ityāha cāturvarṇyamiti | catvāro varṇā eva cāturvarṇyaṃ svārthe ṣyañ | mayeśvareṇa sṛṣṭamutpāditaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśo guṇavibhāgaśaḥ karmavibhāgaśaśca | tathā hi sattvapradhānā brāhmaṇāsteṣāṃ ca sāttvikāni śamadamādīni karmāṇi | sattvopasarjanarajaḥpradhānāḥ kṣatriyāsteṣāṃ ca tādṛśāni śauryatejaḥprabhṛtīni karmāṇi | tamaupasarjanarajaḥpradhānā vaiśyāsteṣāṃ ca kṛṣyādīni tādṛśāni karmāṇi | tamaḥpradhānāḥ śūdrāsteṣāṃ ca tāmasāni traivarṇikaśuśrūṣādīni
karmāṇīti mānuṣe loke vyavasthitāni |
evaṃ tarhi viṣamasvabhāvacāturvarṇyasraṣṭṛtena tava vaiṣamyaṃ durvāramityāśaṅkya netyāha tasya viṣamasvabhāvasya cāturvarṇyasya vyavahāradṛṣṭyā kartāramapi māṃ paramārthadṛṣṭyā viddhyakartāramavyayaṃ nirahaṅkāratvenākṣīṇamahimānam ||13||
The Sārārthavarṣiṇī commentary by Viśvanātha
nanu bhaktijñānamārgau mocakau, karmamārgastu bandhaka iti sarvamārgasraṣṭari tvayi parameśvare vaiṣamyaṃ prasaktam | tatra nahi nahītyāha cāturvarṇyamiti | catvāro varṇā eva cāturvarṇyam | svārthe ṣyañ | atra sattvapradhānā brāhmaṇāsteṣāṃ śamadamādīni karmāṇi | rajaḥsattvapradhānāḥ kṣatriyāsteṣāṃ śauryayuddhādīni karmāṇi | tamorajaḥpradhānā vaiśyāsteṣāṃ kṛṣigorakṣādīni karmāṇi | tamaḥpradhānāḥ śūdrāsteṣāṃ paricaryātmakaṃ karmetyevaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśo guṇānāṃ karmaṇāṃ ca vibhāgaiścatvāro
varṇā mayā dharmamārgāśritatvena sṛṣṭāḥ | kintu teṣāṃ kartāraṃ sraṣṭāramapi māmakartāramasraṣṭārameva viddhi | teṣāṃ prakṛtiguṇasṛṣṭatvātprakṛteśca macchaktitvāt | sraṣṭāramapi māṃ vastutastvasraṣṭāram | mama prakṛtiguṇātītasvarūpatvāditi bhāvaḥ | ataevāvyayam | sraṣṭṛtve'pi na sāmyaṃ kiṃcidevetyarthaḥ ||13||
The Gītābhūṣaṇa commentary by Baladeva
atha niṣkāmakarmānuṣṭhānavirodhibhogavāsanāvināśahetumāha cāturvarṇyamiti dvābhyām | catvāro varṇāścāturvarṇyaṃ svārthikaḥ ṣyañ | sattvapradhānāḥ viprāsteṣāṃ śamādīni karmāṇi | rajaḥsattvapradhānāḥ kṣatriyāsteṣāṃ yuddhādīni | tamorajaḥpradhānā vaiśyāsteṣāṃ kṛṣyādīni | tamaḥpradhānāḥ śūdrāsteṣāṃ viprāditrikaparicaryādīnīti guṇavibhāgaiḥ karmavibhāgaiśca vibhaktāścatvāro varṇāḥ sarveśvareṇa mayā sṛṣṭāḥ sthitisaṃhṛtyorupalakṣaṇametat | brahmādistambāntasya
prapañcasyāhameva sargādikarteti | yadāha sūtrakāraḥ janmādyasya yataḥ [Vs 1.1.2] iti | tasya sargādeḥ kartāramapi māṃ tattatkarmāntaritatvādakartāraṃ viddhīti svasmin vaiṣamyādikaṃ parihṛtam | etatprāhāvyayaymiti sraṣṭṛtve'pi sāmyānna vyemītyarthaḥ ||13||
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