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 17.12
abhisaṃdhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat |
ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam ||12||
The Subodhinī commentary by Śrīdhara
rājasaṃ yajñamāha abhisandhāyeti | phalamabhisandhāyoddiśya tu yadijyate yajñaḥ kriyate | dambhārthaṃ ca svamahattvakhyāpanārthaṃ ca | taṃ yajñaṃ rājasaṃ viddhi ||12||
The Gūḍhārthadīpikā commentary by Madhusūdana
phalaṃ kāmyaṃ svargādi abhisandhāyoddiśya na tvantaḥkaraṇaśuddhiḥ | turnityaprayogavailakṣaṇyasūcanārthaḥ | dambho loke dhārmikatvakhyāpanaṃ tadartham | api caiveti vikalpasamuccayābhyāṃ traividhyasūcanārtham | pāralaukikaṃ phalamabhisandhāyaivādambhārthatve'pi pāralaukikaphalānabhisandhāne'pi dambhārthameveti vikalpena dvau pakṣau | pāralaukikaphalārthamapyaihalaukikadambhārthamapīti samuccayenaikaḥ pakṣaḥ | evaṃ dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaphalābhisandhināntaḥkaraṇaśuddhimanuddiśya yadijyate yathāśāstraṃ yo yajño'nuṣṭhīyate taṃ yajñaṃ rājasaṃ
viddhi hānāya | he bharataśreṣṭheti yogyatvasūcanam ||12||
The Gītābhūṣaṇa commentary by Baladeva
phalaṃ svargādikamabhisandhāya yadijyate dambhārhtaṃ vā svamahimakhyāpanāya, taṃ yajñaṃ rājasaṃ viddhi ||12||
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