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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 7.3
manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu kaścidyatati siddhaye |
yatatāmapi siddhānāṃ kaścinmāṃ vetti tattvataḥ ||3||
The Subodhinī commentary by Śrīdhara
madbhaktiṃ vinā tu yajjñānaṃ durlabhamityāha manuṣyāṇāmiti | asaṅkhyātānāṃ jīvānāṃ madhye manuṣyavyatiriktānāṃ śreyasi pravṛttireva nāsti | manuṣyāṇāṃ tu sahasreṣu madhye kaścideva puṇyavaśātsiddhaya ātmajñānāya prayatate | prayatnaṃ kurvatāmapi sahasreṣu kaścideva prakṛṣṭapuṇyavaśādātmānaṃ vetti | tādṛśānāṃ cātmajñānāṃ sahasreṣu kaścideva māṃ paramātmānaṃ matprasādena tattvato vetti | tadevamatidurlabhamapi yajjñānaṃ tubhyamahaṃ vakṣyāmītyarthaḥ ||3||
The Gūḍhārthadīpikā commentary by Madhusūdana
atidurlabhaṃ caitanmadanugrahamantareṇa mahāphalaṃ jñānam | yato manuṣyāṇāmiti | manuṣyāṇāṃ śāstrīyajñānakarmayogyānāṃ sahasreṣu madhye kaścideko'nekajanmakṛtasukṛtasamāsāditanityānityavastuvivekaḥ san yatati yatate siddhaye sattvaśuddhidvārā jñānotpattaye | yatatāṃ yatamānānāṃ jñānāya siddhānāṃ prāgarjitasukṛtānāṃ sādhakānāmapi madhye kaścidekaḥ śravaṇamanananididhyāsanaparipākānte māmīśvaraṃ vetti sākṣātkaroti tattvataḥ pratyagabhedena tattvamasītyādigurūpadiṣṭamahāvākyebhyaḥ | anekeṣu manuṣyeṣvātmajñānasādhanānuṣṭhāyī
paramadurlabhaḥ | sādhanānuṣṭhāyiṣvapi madhye phalabhāgī paramadurlabha iti kiṃ vaktavyamasya jñānasya māhātmyamityabhiprāyaḥ ||3||
The Sārārthavarṣiṇī commentary by Viśvanātha
etacca savijñānaṃ majjñānaṃ pūrvamadhyāyaṣaṭke proktalakṣaṇairjñānibhiryogibhirapi durlabhamiti vadana prathamaṃ vijñānamāha manuṣyāṇāmiti | asaṅkhyātānāṃ jīvānāṃ madhye kaścideve manuṣyo bhavati | manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu madhye kaścideva śreyase yatate | tādṛśānāmapi manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu kaścideva māṃ śyāmasundarākāraṃ tattvato vetti sākṣādanubhavatīti nirviśeṣabrahmānubhavānandātsahasraguṇādhikaṃ saviśeṣabrahmānubhavānandaḥ syāditi bhāvaḥ ||3||
The Gītābhūṣaṇa commentary by Baladeva
svajñānasya daurlabhyamāha manuṣyāṇāmiti | uccāvacadheātmaasaṅkhyātā jīvāsteṣu katicideva manuṣyāsteṣāṃ śāstrādhikārayogyānāṃ sahasreṣu madhye kaścideva satprasaṅgavaśātsiddhaye svaparātmāvalokanāya yatate, na tu sarvaḥ | tādṛśānāṃ yatatāṃ yatamānānāṃ siddhānāṃ labdhasvaparātmāvalokanānāṃ sahasreṣu madhye kaścidevaiko māṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tattvato vetti | ayamarthaḥ śāstrīyārthānuṣṭhāyino bahavo manuṣyāḥ paramāṇucaitanyaṃ svātmānaṃ prādeśamātraṃ matsvāṃśaṃ paramātmānaṃ
cānubhūya vimucyante | māṃ tu yaśodāstanandhayaṃ kṛṣṇamadhunā tvatsārathiṃ kaścideva tādṛśasatprasaṅgāvāptamadbhaktistattvato yāthātmyena vetti | avicintyānantaśaktikatvena nikhilakāraṇatvena sārvajñyasārvaiśvaryasvabhaktavātsalyādyasaṅkhyeyakalyāṇaguṇaratnākaratvena pūrṇabrahmatvena cānubhavatītyarthaḥ | vakṣyati ca sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ [Gītā 7.19], māṃ tu veda na kaścana [Gītā 7.26] iti ||3||
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