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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 4.38
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate |
tatsvayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati ||38||
The Subodhinī commentary by Śrīdhara
tatra hetumāha na hīti | pavitraṃ śuddhikaram | iha tapoyogādiṣu madhye jñānatulyaṃ nāstyeva | tarhi sarve'pi kimityātmajñānameva nābhyasanta iti ? ata āha tatsvayamiti sārdhena | tadātmani viṣaye jñānaṃ kālena mahatā karmayogena saṃsiddho yogyatāṃ prāptaḥ san svayamevānāyāsena labhate | na tu karmayogaṃ vinetyarthaḥ ||38||
The Gūḍhārthadīpikā commentary by Madhusūdana
yasmādevaṃ tasmātna hīti | na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitraṃ pāvanaṃ śuddhikaramanyadiha vede lokavyavahāre vā vidyate, jñānabhinnasya ajñānānivartakatvena samūlapāpanivartakatvābhāvātkāraṇasadbhāvena punaḥ pāpodayācca | jñānena tvajñānanivṛttyā samūlapāpanivṛttiriti tatsamamanyacca vidyate |
tadātmaviṣayaṃ jñānaṃ sarveṣāṃ kimiti jhaṭiti notpadyate ? tatrāha tajjñānaṃ kālena mahatā yogasaṃsiddho yogena pūrvoktakarmayogena saṃsiddhaḥ saṃskṛto yogyatāmāpannaḥ svayamātmanyantaḥkaraṇe vindati labhate na tu yogayatāmāpanno'nyadattaṃ svaniṣṭhatayā na vā paraniṣṭhaṃ svīyatayā vindatītyarthaḥ ||38||
The Sārārthavarṣiṇī commentary by Viśvanātha
iha tapoyogādiyukteṣu madhye jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitraṃ kimapi nāsti | tajjñānaṃ na sarvasulabham | kintu yogena niṣkāmakarmayogena samyaksiddha eva, na tvaparipakvaḥ | so'pi kālenaiva, na tu sadyaḥ | ātmani svasmin svayaṃ prāptaṃ vindati | na tu sannyāsagrahaṇamātreṇaiveti bhāvaḥ ||38||
The Gītābhūṣaṇa commentary by Baladeva
na hīti | hi yato jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitraṃ śuddhikaraṃ tapastīrthāṭanādikaṃ nāsti | atastatsarvapāpanāśakaṃ tajjñānaṃ na sarvasulabhaṃ, kintu yogena niṣkāmakarmaṇā saṃsiddhaḥ paripakva eva kālenaiva, na tu sadyaḥ | ātmani svasmin svayaṃ labdhaṃ vindati | na tu pārivrājyagrahaṇamātreṇeti ||38||
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