Verse 7.24

avyaktaṃ vyaktimāpannaṃ manyante māmabuddhayaḥ |
paraṃ bhāvamajānanto mamāvyayamanuttamam ||24||

The Subodhinī commentary by Śrīdhara

nau ca samāne prayāse mahati ca phalaviśeṣe sati sarve'pi kimiti devatāntaraṃ hitvā tvāmeva na bhajanti ? tatrāha avyaktamiti | avyaktaṃ prapañcātītaṃ māṃ vyaktiṃ manuṣyamatsyakūrmādibhāvaṃ prāptamalpabuddhayo manyante | tatra hetuḥ mama paraṃ bhāvaṃ svarūpamajānantaḥ | kathambhūtam ? avyayaṃ nityam | na vidyata uttamo bhāvo yasmāttatmadbhāvam | ato jagadrakṣaṇārthaṃ līlayāviṣkṛtanānāviśuddhorjitasattvamūrtiṃ māṃ parameśvaraṃ ca svakarmanirmitabhautikadehaṃ ca devatāntaraṃ samaṃ paśyanto mandamatayo māṃ
nātīvādriyante | pratyuta kṣipraphaladaṃ devatāntarameva bhajanti | te coktaprakāreṇāntavatphalaṃ prāpunvantītyarthaḥ ||24||

The Gūḍhārthadīpikā commentary by Madhusūdana

evaṃ bhagavadbhajanasya sarvottamaphalatve'pi kathaṃ prāyeṇa prāṇino bhagavadvimukhyā ityatra hetumāha bhagavānavyaktamiti | avyaktaṃ dehagrahaṇātprākkāryākṣamatvena sthitamidānīṃ vasudevagṛhe vyaktiṃ bhautikadehāvacchedena kāryakṣamatāṃ prāptaṃ kaṃcijjīvameva manyante māmīśvaramapyabuddhayo vivekaśūnyāḥ | avyaktaṃ sarvakāraṇamapi māṃ vyaktiṃ kāryarūpatāṃ matsyakūrmādyanekāvatārarūpeṇa prāptamiti vā |

kathaṃ te jīvāstvāṃ na viviñcanti ? tatrābuddhaya ityuktaṃ hetuṃ vivṛṇoti | paraṃ sarvakāraṇarūpamavyayaṃ nityaṃ mama bhāvaṃ svarūpaṃ sopādhikamajānantastathā nirupādhikamapyanuttamaṃ sarvotkṛṣṭamanatiśayādvitīyaparamānandaghanamanantaṃ mama svarūpamajānanto jīvānukārikāryadarśanājjīvameva kaṃcinmāṃ manyante | tato māmanīśvaratvenābhimataṃ vihāya prasiddhaṃ devatāntarameva bhajante | tataścāntavadeva phalaṃ prāpnuvantītyarthaḥ | agre ca vakṣyate avajānanti māṃ mūḍhā mānuṣīṃ tanumāśritam [Gītā 9.11] iti ||24||

The Sārārthavarṣiṇī commentary by Viśvanātha

devatāntarabhaktānāmalpamedhasāṃ vārtā dūre tāvadāstām | vedādisamastaśāstradarśino'pi mattattvaṃ na jānanti |

athāpi te deva padāmbujadvaya
prasādaleśānugṛhīta eva hi |
jānāti tattvaṃ bhagavanmahimno
na cānya eko'pi ciraṃ vicinvan || [BhP 10.14.29]

iti brahmaṇāpi māṃ pratyuktam | ato madbhaktān vinā mattattvajñāne sarvatra vālpabuddhaya ityāha avyaktaṃ prapañcātītaṃ nirākāraṃ brahmaiva māṃ māyikākāratvenaiva vyaktiṃ vasudevagṛhe janma prāptaṃ nirbuddhayo manyante māyikākāyasyaiva dṛśyatvāditi bhāvaḥ | yato mama paraṃ bhāvaṃ māyātītaṃ svarūpaṃ janmakarmalīlādikamajānantaḥ | bhāvaṃ kīdṛśam ? avyayaṃ nityamanuttamaṃ sarvotkṛṣṭam | bhāvaḥ sattā svabhāvābhiprāyaceṣṭātmajanmasu | kriyālīlāpadārtheṣu iti medinī | bhagavatsvarūpaguṇajanmakarmalīlānāmanādyantatvena nityatvaṃ śrīrūpagosvāmicaraṇairbhāgavatāmṛtagranthe
pratipāditam | mama paraṃ bhāvaṃ svarūpamavyayaṃ nityaṃ viśuddhorjitasattvamūrtṃ iti svāmicaraṇaiścoktam ||24||

The Gītābhūṣaṇa commentary by Baladeva

atha kā vārtā madanyadevayājināmalpamedhasāmupaniṣanniṣṇātānāmapi madbhaktiriktānāṃ mattattvadhīrna syādityāśayenāha avyaktamiti | abuddhayo mattattvayāthātmyabuddhiśūnyā janā avyaktaṃ svaprakāśātmavigrahatvādindriyāviṣayaṃ māṃ vyaktimāpannaṃ tadviṣayāṃ manyante | devakyāṃ vasudevātsattvotkṛṣṭena karmaṇā sañjātamitararājaputratulyaṃ māṃ vadanti | yataste madabhijñasatprasaṅgābhāvānmama bhāvaṃ paramavyayamanuttamamajānantaḥ

bhāvaḥ sattā svabhāvābhiprāyaceṣṭātmajanmasu |
kriyālīlāpadārtheṣu vibhūtibudhajantuṣu || iti medinīkāraḥ |

madbhaktihīnāste mama svarūpaguṇajanmalīlādilakṣaṇabhāvaṃ māyāditaḥ paramato'vyayaṃ nityamanuttamaṃ sarvottamaṃ na, kintvanyavanmāyikamanityaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ ca gṛhṇanta ityarthaḥ | svarūpaṃ harervijñānānandaikarasaṃ vijñānamānandaṃ brahma ityādeḥ | sārvajñādiguṇagaṇastasya svarūpānubandhī anantakalyāṇaguṇātmako'sau ityādeḥ | abhivyaktimātraṃ janma ajo'pi sanityādeḥ | parantu avyaktasyaiva bhajatsu prasādenaivābhivyaktiśīlaṃ [MBh 12.323.18]

na śakyaḥ sa tvayā draṣṭumasmābhirvā bṛhaspate |
yasya prasādaṃ kurute sa vai taṃ draṣṭumarhati || ityādeḥ ||24||

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