Verse 15.3-4

na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate
nānto na cādirna ca saṃpratiṣṭhā |
aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūlam
asaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā ||3||

tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ
yasmin gatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ |
tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye
yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī ||4||

The Subodhinī commentary by Śrīdhara

kiṃ ca, na rūpamiti | iha saṃsāre sthitaiḥ prāṇibhirasya saṃsāravṛkṣasya tathordhvamūlatvādiprakāreṇa rūpaṃ nopalabhyate | na cānto'vasānamaparyaptatvāt | na cādiranāditvāt | na ca sampratiṣṭhā sthitiḥ | kathaṃ tiṣṭhatīti nopalabhyate | yasmādevambhūto'yaṃ saṃsāravṛkṣo durucchedo'narthakaraśca tasmādenaṃ dṛḍhena vairāgyena śastreṇa cchitvā tattvajñāne yatetetyāha aśvatthamenamiti sārdhena | enamaśvatthaṃ suvirūḍhamūlamatyantabaddhamūlaṃ santam | asaṅgaḥ saṅgarāhityamahaṃmamatātyāgaḥ | tena śastreṇa dṛḍhena samyagvicāreṇa cchittvā pṛthakkṛtya ||3||

tata iti | tataśtasya mūlabhūtaṃ tatpadaṃ vastu parimārgitavyamanveṣṭavyam | kīdṛśaṃ, yasmin gatā yatpadaṃ prāptāḥ santo bhūyo na nivartanti nāvartanta ityarthaḥ | anveṣaṇaprakāramevāha tameveti | yata eṣā purāṇī cirantanī saṃsārapravṛttiḥ prasṛtā vistṛtā | tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi | ityevamekāntabhaktyānveṣṭavyamityarthaḥ ||4||

The Gūḍhārthadīpikā commentary by Madhusūdana

yastvayaṃ saṃsāravṛkṣo varṇita iha saṃsāre sthitaiḥ prāṇibhirasya saṃsāravṛkṣasya tathordhvamūlatvādi tathā tena prakāreṇa rūpaṃ nopalabhyate svapnamarīcyudakamāyāgandharvanagaravanmṛṣātvena dṛṣṭanaṣṭasvarūpatvāttasya | ata eva tasyānto'vasānaṃ nopalabhyate | etāvatā kālena samāptiṃ gamiṣyatīti aparyaptatvāt | na cāsyādirupalabhyate | ita ārabhya pravṛtta ityanāditvāt | na ca sampratiṣṭhā sthitirmadhyamasthopalabhyate | ādyantapratiyogikatvāttasya | yasmādevaṃbhūto'yaṃ saṃsāravṛkṣo durucchedaḥ sarvānarthakaraśca tasmādanādyajñānena suvirūḍhamūlamatyantabaddhamūlaṃ
prāguktamaśvatthaṃ asaṅgaśastreṇa saṅgaḥ spṛhāsaṅgaḥ saṅgavirodhi vairāgyaṃ putravittalokaiṣaṇātyāgarūpaṃ tadeva śastraṃ rāgadveṣamayasaṃsāravirodhitvāt, tenāsaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena paramātmajñānautsukhyadṛḍhīkṛtena punaḥ punarvivekābhyāsaniśitena cchittvā samūlamuddhṛtya vairāgyaśamadamādisampattyā sarvakarmasaṃnyāsaṃ kṛtvetyetat ||3||

tato gurumupasṛtya tato'śvatthādūrdhvaṃ vyavasthitaṃ tadvaiṣṇavaṃ padaṃ vedāntavākyavicāreṇa parimārgitavyaṃ mārgayitavyamanveṣṭavyaṃ so'nveṣṭabhyaḥ sa vijijñāsitavya iti śruteḥ | tatpadaṃ śravaṇādinā jñātavyamityarthaḥ | kiṃ tatpadaṃ yasmin pade gatāḥ praviṣṭā jñānena na nivartanti nāvartante bhūyaḥ punaḥ saṃsārāya | kathaṃ tatparimārgitavyam ? ityāha yaḥ padaśabdenoktastameva cādyamādau bhavaṃ puruṣaṃ yenedaṃ sarvaṃ pūrṇaṃ taṃ puruṣu pūrṣu
vā śayānaṃ prapadye śaraṇaṃ gato'smītyevaṃ tadekaśaraṇatayā tadanveṣṭavyamityarthaḥ | taṃ kaṃ puruṣaṃ ? yato yasmātpuruṣātpravṛttirmāyāmayasaṃsāravṛkṣapravṛttiḥ purāṇī cirantanyanādireṣā prasṛtā niḥsṛtaindrajālikādiva māyāhastyādi taṃ puruṣaṃ prapadya ityanvayaḥ ||4||

The Sārārthavarṣiṇī commentary by Viśvanātha

kiṃ ceha manuṣyaloke'sya rūpaṃ svarūpaṃ tathā saniścayaṃ nopalabhyate satyo'yaṃ mithyāyaṃ nityo'yamiti vādimatavaividhyāditi bhāvaḥ | na cānto'paryantatvānna cādiranāditvān na ca sampratiṣṭhāśrayaḥ | kiṃ vādhāraḥ ko'yamityapi nopalabhyate tattvajñānābhāvāditi bhāvaḥ | yathā tathāyaṃ bhavatu jīvamātraduḥkhaikanidānasyāsya chedakaṃ śastramasaṅgaṃ jñātvā tenaitaṃ chittvaivāsya mūlatalastho mahānidhiranveṣṭavya ityāha aśvatthamiti | asaṅgo'nāsaktiḥ sarvatra vairāgyamiti yāvattena śastreṇa kuṭhāreṇa cchitvā svataḥ pṛthakkṛtya tatastasya mūlabhūtaṃ
tatpadaṃ vastu mahānidhirūpaṃ brahma parimārgitavyam | kīdṛśaṃ tadata āha yasmin gatā yatpadaṃ prāptāḥ santo bhūyo na nivartante na cāvartanta ityarthaḥ | anveṣaṇaprakāramāha yata eṣā purāṇī cirantanī saṃsārapravṛttiḥ prasṛtā vistṛtā tamevādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye bhajāmīti bhaktyā anveṣṭavyamityarthaḥ ||34||

The Gītābhūṣaṇa commentary by Baladeva

na rūpamiti asyāśvatthasya rūpamiha manuṣyaloke tathā nopalabhyate yathordhvamūlatvādidharmakatayā mayopavarṇitam | na cāsyānto nāśa upalalabhyate | kathamayaṃ anarthavrātajaṭilo vinaśyediti na jñāyate | na cāsyādikāraṇamupalabhyate | kuto'yamīdṛśo jāto'stīti | na cāsya sampratiṣṭhā samāśrayo'pyupalabhyate | kiṃ samāśrayo'yaṃ satiṣṭhatiti |

kintu manusyoo'haṃ putro yajñadattasya,, pitā ca devadattasya, tadanurūpakarmakārī sukhī duḥkhī, sāsmin deśe'smin grāme nivasāmītyetāvadeva vijñāyata ityarthaḥ | yasmādevaṃ durbodho'narthavrate hetuścāyamaśvatthastasmātsatprasaṅgalabdhavastuyāthātmyajñānenainamasaṅgaśastreṇa vairāgyakuṭhāreṇa dṛḍhena vivekābhyāsaniśitena cchitvā svataḥ pṛthakkṛtya tatpadaṃ parimārgitavyamiti pareṇānvayaḥ | saṅgo viṣayābhilāṣastadvirodhyasaṅgo vairāgyaṃ, tadeva śastraṃ tadabhilāṣanāśakatvātsuvirūḍhamūlaṃ pūrvoktarītyātyantaṃ baddhamūlam | tataḥ saṃsārāśvatthamūlāduparisthitaṃ tatpadaṃ parimārgitavyaṃ
matprasaṅgalabdhaiḥ śravaṇādibhiḥ sādhanairanveṣṭavyam |

tatpadaṃ kīdṛśaṃ tatrāha yasminniti | yasmin gatāstaiḥ sādhanairyatprāptā janāstato na nivartante svargādiva na patanti | mārgaṇavidhimāha tameveti | yataḥ purāṇī cirantanīyaṃ jagatpravṛttiḥ prasṛtā vistṛtā | tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye śaraṇaṃ vrajāmīti prapattipūrvakaiḥ śravaṇādibhistanmārgaṇamuktam | yo jagaddheturyatporapattyā saṃsāranivṛttiḥ sa khalu kṛṣṇa eva ahaṃ sarvasya prabhavaḥ ityādeḥ | daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī ityādeśca tadukteḥ | na tadbhāsayata ityādinā vyaktībhāvitvācca ||34||

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