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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 12.2
śrībhagavānuvāca
mayyāveśya mano ye māṃ nityayuktā upāsate |
śraddhayā parayopetāste me yuktatamā matāḥ ||2||
The Subodhinī commentary by Śrīdhara
tatra prathamāḥ śreṣṭhā ityuttaraṃ śrībhagavānuvāca mayīti | mayi parameśvare sarvajñādiguṇaviśiṣṭe | mana āveśyaikāgraṃ kṛtvā | nityayuktā madarthakarmānuṣṭhānādinā manniṣṭhāḥ santaḥ śreṣṭhayā śraddhayā yuktā ye māmārādhayanti te yuktatamā mamābhimatāḥ ||2||
The Gūḍhārthadīpikā commentary by Madhusūdana
The Sārārthavarṣiṇī commentary by Viśvanātha
tatra madbhaktāḥ śreṣṭhā ityāha mayi śyāmasundarākāre mama āveśyāviṣṭaṃ kṛtvā nityayuktā mannityayogakāṅkṣiṇaḥ parayā guṇātītayā śraddhayā | yaduktaṃ
sāttvikyādhyātmikī śraddhā karmaśraddhā tu rājasī |
tāmasyadharme yā śraddhā matsevāyāṃ tu nirguṇā || [BhP 11.25.27] iti |
te me madīyā ananyabhaktā yuktatamā yogavittamā ityarthaḥ | tenānanyabhaktebhyo nyūnā anye jñānakarmādimiśrabhaktimanto yogavittarā ityartho'bhivyañjito bhavati | tataśca jñānādbhaktiḥ śreṣṭhā bhaktāvapyananyabhaktiḥ śreṣṭhetyupapāditam ||2||
The Gītābhūṣaṇa commentary by Baladeva
evaṃ pṛṣṭho bhagavānuvāca mayīti | ye bhaktā mayi nīlotpalaśyāmalatvādidharmiṇi svayaṃ bhagavati devakīsūnau mana āveśya nirataṃ kṛtvā parayā dṛḍhayā śraddhayopetāḥ santo māmuktalakṣaṇamupāsate | śravaṇādilakṣaṇāmupāsanāṃ mama kurvanti | nityayuktā nityaṃ madyogamicchantaste mama matena yuktatamā matāḥ | śīghramatprāpakopāyinaste ||2||
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