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 8.1
arjuna uvāca
kiṃ tadbrahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama |
adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktamadhidaivaṃ kimucyate ||1||
The Subodhinī commentary by Śrīdhara
brahmakarmādhibhūtādi viduḥ kṛṣṇaikacetasaḥ |
ityuktaṃ brahmakarmādi spaṣṭamaṣṭama ucyate ||
pūrvādhyāyānte bhagavatopakṣiptānāṃ brahmādhyātmādisaptānāṃ padarthānāṃ tattvaṃ jijñāsurarjuna uvāca kiṃ tadbrahmeti dvābhyām | spaṣṭo'rthaḥ ||1||
The Gūḍhārthadīpikā commentary by Madhusūdana
pūrvādhyāyānte te brahma tadviduḥ kṛtsnamadhyātmaṃ karma cākhilamityādinā sārdhaślokena saptapadārthā jñeyatvena bhagavatā sūtritāsteṣāṃ vṛttisthānīyo'yamaṣṭamo'dhyāya ārabhyate | tatra sūtritāni saptavastūni viśeṣato bubhutsamānaḥ ślokābhyām | tajjñeyatvenoktaṃ brahma kiṃ sopādhikaṃ nirupādhikaṃ vā | evamātmānaṃ dehamadhikṛtya tasminnadhiṣṭhāne tiṣṭhatītyadhyātmaṃ kiṃ śrotrādikaraṇagrāmo vā pratyakcaitanyaṃ vā | tathā karma cākhilamityatra kiṃ karma yajñarūpamanyadvā vijñāntaṃ yajñaṃ tanute karmāṇi tanute'pi ca iti śrutau dvaividhyaśravaṇāt |
tava mama ca samatvātkathaṃ tvaṃ māṃ pṛcchasīti śaṅkāmapanudan sarvapuruṣebhya uttamasya sarvajñasya tava na kiṃcidajñeyamiti saṃbodhanena sūcayati he puruṣottameti | adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktaṃ pṛthivyādibhūtamadhikṛtya yatkiṃcitkāryamadhibhūtapadena vivakṣitaṃ kiṃ vā samastameva kāryajātam | cakāraḥ sarveṣāṃ praśnānāṃ samuccayārthaḥ | adhidaivaṃ kimucyate devatāviṣayamanudhyānaṃ vā sarvadaivateṣvādiytamaṇḍalādiṣvanusyūtaṃ caitanyaṃ vā ||1||
The Sārārthavarṣiṇī commentary by Viśvanātha
pārthapraśnottaraṃ yogaṃ miśrāṃ bhaktiṃ prasaṅgataḥ |
śuddhāṃ ca bhaktiṃ provāca dve gatī api cāsṭame ||
pūrvādhyāyānte brahmādisaptapadārthānāṃ jñānaṃ bhagavatoktam | atra teṣāṃ tattvaṃ jijñāsuḥ pṛcchati dvābhyām | atra dehe ko'dhiyajño yajñādhiṣṭhātā, sa cāsmin dehe kathaṃ jñeya ityuttarasyānusaṅgī ||12||
The Gītābhūṣaṇa commentary by Baladeva
utkān pṛṣṭaḥ kramādvyākhyadbrahmādīn hariraṣṭame |
yogamiśrāṃ ca śuddhāṃ ca bhaktimārgadvayaṃ tathā ||
pūrvādhyāyānte mumukṣāṇāṃ jñeyatayoddiṣṭān brahmādīn saptārthān viboddhumarjunaḥ pṛcchati | kiṃ tadbrahmeti kiṃ paramātmacaitanyaṃ vā | kiṃ jīvātmacaitanyaṃ vā tadbrahmetyarthaḥ | kimadhyātmamiti ātmānaṃ dehamadhikṛtyeti nirukteḥ | śrotrādīndriyavṛndaṃ vā sūkṣmabhūtavṛndaṃ vā taditi | āvayostaulyātkimiti māṃ pṛcchasīti śaṅkāṃ nivartayituṃ sambodhanaṃ he puruṣottameti | pareśatvāttava sarvaṃ suviditaṃ na tu memeti bhāvaḥ | adhibhūtaṃ ca kimiti bhūtānyadhikṛtyeti nirukterghaṭyādikāryaṃ vā sthūlaśarīraṃ
vā taditi | adhidaivaṃ kimiti devatāviṣayakamanudhyānaṃ vā samaṣṭirvirāṭvā taditi ||1||
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