Bhagavadgītā-4comm with the commentaries · Chapter 105

baladevaḥ - evaṃ pṛṣṭho bhagavān uvāca mayīti | ye bhaktā mayi nīlotpala-śyāmalatvādi-dharmiṇi svayaṃ bhagavati devakī-sūnau mana āveśya nirataṃ kṛtvā parayā dṛḍhayā śraddhayopetāḥ santo mām ukta-lakṣaṇam upāsate | śravaṇādi-lakṣaṇām upāsanāṃ mama kurvanti | nitya-yuktā nityaṃ mad-yogam icchantas te mama matena yuktatamā matāḥ | śīghra-mat-prāpakopāyinas te

BhG 12.3-4
ye tv akṣaram anirdeśyam avyaktaṃ paryupāsate |
sarvatra-gam acintyaṃ ca kūṭastham acalaṃ dhruvam

saṃniyamyendriya-grāmaṃ sarvatra sama-buddhayaḥ |
te prāpnuvanti mām eva sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ

śrīdharaḥ - tarhītare kiṃ na śreṣṭhā iti ? ata āha ye tv iti dvābhyām | ye tv akṣaram paryupāsate dhyāyanti te 'pi mām eva prāpnuvantīti dvayor anvayaḥ | akṣarasya lakṣaṇam anirdeśyam ity ādi | anirdeśyaṃ śabdena nirdeṣṭum aśakyam | yato 'vyaktaṃ rūpādi-hīnam | sarvatra-gaṃ sarva-vyāpi | avyaktatvād evācintyam | kūṭasthaṃ kūṭe māyā-prapañce 'dhiṣṭhānatvenāvasthitam | acalaṃ spandana-rahitam | ataeva dhruvaṃ nityaṃ vṛddhy-ādi-rahitam | spaṣṭam anyat ||3-4||
madhusūdanaḥ - nirguṇa-brahma-vid-apekṣayā saguṇa-brahma-vidāṃ ko 'tiśayo yena ta eva yuktatmās tavābhimatā ity apekṣāyāṃ tam atiśayaṃ vaktuṃ tan nirūpakān nirguṇa-brahma-vidaḥ prastauti ye tv iti dvābhyām | ye 'kṣaram mām upāsate te 'pi mām eva prāpnuvantīti dvitīya-gatenānvayaḥ | pūrvebhyo vailakṣaṇya-dyotanāya tu-śabdaḥ | akṣaraṃ nirviśeṣaṃ brahma vācaknavī-brāhmaṇe prasiddhaṃ tasya samarpaṇāya sapta viśeṣaṇāni | anirdeśyaṃ śabdena vyapadeṣṭum aśakyaṃ yato 'vyaktaṃ śabda-pravṛtter nirviśeṣe pravṛtty-ayogāt | kuto jātyādi-rāhityam ata āha sarvatra-gaṃ
sarva-vyāpi sarva-kāraṇam | ato jātyādi-śūnyaṃ paricchinnasya kāryasyaiva jātyādi-yoga-darśanāt | ākāśādīnām api kāryatvābhyupagamāc ca | ataevācintyaṃ śabda-vṛtter iva mano-vṛtter api na viṣayaḥ | tasyā api paricchinna-viṣayatvāt | yato vāco nivartante | aprāpya manasā saha iti śruteḥ |
tarhi kathaṃ taṃ tv aupaniṣadaṃ puruṣaṃ pṛcchāmi iti | dṛśyate tv agryayā buddhyā iti ca śrutiḥ | śāstra-yonitvāt iti sūtraṃ ca | ucyate, avidyā-kalpita-sambandhena śabda-janyāyāṃ buddhi-vṛttau caramāyāṃ paramānanda-bodha-rūpe śuddhe vastuni pratibimbite 'vidyā-tat-kāryayoḥ kalpitayor nivṛtty-upapatter upacāreṇa viṣayatvābhidhānāt | atas tatra kalpitam aivdyā-sambandhaṃ pratipādayitum āha kūṭasthaṃ, yan mithyā-bhūtaṃ satyatayā pratīyate tat-kūṭam iti lokair ucyate | yathā kūṭa-kārṣā-paṇaḥ kūṭa-sākṣitvam ity ādau | ajñānam api māyākhyaṃ saha kārya-prapañcena mithyā-bhūtam api laukikaiḥ satyatayā pratīyamānaṃ
kūṭaṃ tasminn ādhyāsikena sambandhenādhiṣṭhānatayā tiṣṭhatīti kūṭastham ajñāna-tat-kāryādhiṣṭhānam ity arthaḥ | etena sarvānupapatti-parihāraḥ kṛtaḥ | ataeva sarva-vikārāṇām avidyā-kalpitatvāt tad-adhiṣṭhānam sākṣi-caitanyaṃ nirvikāram ity āha acalaṃ calanaṃ vikāraḥ | acalatvād eva dhruvam apariṇāmi nityam | etādṛśaṃ śuddhaṃ brahma māṃ paryupāsate śravaṇena pramāṇa-gatām asambhāvanām apohya mananena ca prameya-gatām anantaraṃ viparīta-bhāvanā-nivṛttaye dhyāyanti vijātīya-pratyaya-tiraskāreṇa taila-dhārāvad avicchinna-samāna-pratyaya-tiraskāreṇa taila-dhārāvad avicchinna-samāna-pratyaya-pravāheṇa nididhyāsana-saṃjñakena
dhyānena viṣayīkurvantity arthaḥ

kathaṃ punar viṣayendriya-saṃyoge sati vijātīya-pratyaya-tiraskāro 'ta āha saṃniyamya sva-viṣayebhya upasaṃhṛtyendriya-grāmaṃ karaṇa-samudāyam | etena śama-damādi-sampattir uktā |
viṣaya-bhoga-vāsanāyāṃ satyāṃ kuta indriyāṇāṃ tato nivṛttis tatrāha sarvatra viṣaye samā tulyā harṣa-viṣādābhyāṃ rāga-dveṣābhyāṃ ca rahitā matir yeṣāṃ samyag-jñānena tat-kāraṇasyājñānasyāpanītatvād viṣayeṣu doṣa-darśanābhyāsena spṛhāyā nirasanāc ca te sarvatra sama-buddhayaḥ | etena vaśīkāra-saṃjñā vairāgyam uktam | ataeva sarvatrātma-dṛṣṭyā hiṃsā-kāraṇa-dveṣa-rahitatvāt sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ abhayaṃ sarva-bhūtebhyo mattaḥ svahā iti mantreṇa datta-sarva-bhūtābhaya-dakṣiṇāḥ kṛta-saṃnyāsā iti yāvat abhayaṃ sarva-bhūtebhyo
dattvā saṃnyāsam ācaret iti smṛteḥ | evaṃvidhāḥ sarva-sādhana-sampannāḥ santaḥ svayaṃ brahma-bhūtā nirvicikitsena sākṣātkāreṇa sarva-sādhana-phala-bhūtena mām akṣaraṃ brahmaiva te prāpnuvanti | pūrvam api mad-rūpā eva santo 'vidyā-nivṛttyā mad-rūpā eva tiṣṭhantīty arthaḥ | brahmaiva san brahmāpy eti, brahma veda brahmaiva bhavati ity-ādi-śrutibhyaḥ | ihāpi ca jñānī tv ātmaiva me matam [Gītā 7.14] ity uktam ||3-4||
viśvanāthaḥ --- madīya-nirviśeṣa-brahma-svarūpopāsakās tu duḥkhitatvāt tato nyūnā ity āha ye tv iti dvābhyām | akṣaraṃ brahma anirdeśya-śabdena vyapadeṣṭum aśakyam | yato 'vyaktaṃ rūpādi-hīnam | sarvatra-gaṃ sarva-deśa-vyāpi | acintyaṃ tarkāgamyam | kūṭasthaṃ sarva-kāla-vyāpi | eka-rūpatayā tu yaḥ kāla-vyāpi sa kūṭasthaḥ ity amaraḥ | acalaṃ vṛddhy-ādi-rahitam | dhruvaṃ nityam | mām evety akṣarasya tasya matto bhedābhāvāt ||3-4||
baladevaḥ - ye tu sva-sākṣāt-kṛti-pūrvikāṃ mad-upāsanāṃ na kurvanti, teṣām api mat-prāptiḥ syād eva kintv atikleśenāticireṇaivāntas tebhyo 'pakṛṣṭās ta ity āha ye tv iti tribhiḥ | ye tv akṣara-svātma-caitanyam eva pūrvam upāsate | teṣām adhikataraḥ kleśa iti sambandhaḥ | akṣaraṃ viśinaṣṭi anirdeśyaṃ dehād bhinnatvena dehābhidhāyibhir deva-mānavādi-śabdair nirdeṣṭum aśakyam | avyaktaṃ cakṣur-ādy-agocaraṃ pratyak sarvatra-gaṃ dehendriya-prāṇa-vyāpi | acintyaṃ tarkāgamyaṃ śruti-mātra-vedyam jñāna-svarūpam eva jñātṛ-svarūpam acalaṃ jñānatvād api calana-rahitam
| dhruvaṃ paramātmaika-śeṣatāyāṃ sarvadā sthiram | akṣaropāsane vidhim āha saṃniyamyeti | karaṇa-grāmaṃ śrotrādīndriya-vṛndaṃ saṃniyamya śabdādi-saṃcārebhyas tad-vyāpārebhyaḥ pratyāhṛtya sarvatra suhṛn-mitrāry-udāsīnādiṣu sama-buddhayas tulya-dṛṣṭayaḥ | yad vā, sarveṣu cetanācetaneṣu vastuṣu sthite same brahmaṇi buddhir yeṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ hite upakāre ratāḥ sarveṣāṃ śaṃ bhūyād iti yathāyathaṃ yatamānāḥ evaṃ svātma-sākṣātkṛti-pūrvikāyāṃ mad-bhaktau mad-arpita-karma-lakṣaṇāyāṃ
ye pravartante, te 'pi mām eva pāramaiśvarya-pradhānaṃ prāpunuvantīti nāsti saṃśayaḥ ||3-4||
BhG 12.5
kleśo 'dhikataras teṣām avyaktāsakta-cetasām |
avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṃ dehavadbhir avāpyate

śrīdharaḥ - nanu ca te 'pi cet tvām eva prāpnuvanti tarhītareṣāṃ yuktatamatvaṃ kuta ity apekṣāyāṃ kleśākleśa-kṛtaṃ viśeṣam āha kleśa iti tribhiḥ | avyakte nirviśeṣe 'kṣara āsaktaṃ ceto yeṣāṃ teṣāṃ kleśo 'dhikataraḥ | hi yasmād avyakta-viṣayā gatir niṣṭhā dehābhimānibhir duḥkhaṃ yathā bhavaty evam avāpyate | dehābhimānināṃ nityaṃ pratyak-pravaṇatvasya durghaṭatvād iti

madhusūdanaḥ - idānīm etebhyaḥ pūrveṣām atiśayaṃ darśayann āha kleśa iti | pūrveṣām api viṣayebhya āhṛtya saguṇe mana-āveśe satataṃ tat-karma-parāyaṇatve ca para-śraddhopetatve ca kleśo 'dhiko bhavaty eva | kintu avyaktāsakta-cetasāṃ nirguṇa-brahma-cintana-parāṇāṃ teṣāṃ pūrvokta-sādhanavatāṃ kleśa āyāso 'dhikataro 'tiśayenādhikaḥ |
atra svayam eva hetum āha bhagavān -- avyaktā hi gatiḥ | hi yasmād akṣarātmakaṃ gantavyaṃ phala-bhūtaṃ brahma duḥkhaṃ yathā syāt tathā kṛcchreṇa dehavadbhir deha-mānibhir avāpyate | sarva-karma-saṃnyāsaṃ kṛtvā gurum upasṛtya vedānta-vākyānāṃ tena tena vicāreṇa tat-tad-bhrama-nirākaraṇe mahān prayāsaḥ | pratyakṣa-siddhas tataḥ kleśo 'dhikataras teṣām ity uktam | yadyapy ekam eva phalaṃ tathāpi ye duṣkareṇopāyena prāpnuvanto bhavanti śreṣṭhā ity abhiprāyaḥ

viśvanāthaḥ --- tarhi kenāṃśena teṣām apakarṣas tatrāha kleśa iti | na kenāpi vyajyata ity avyaktaṃ brahma tatraivāsakta-cetasāṃ tad evānububhūṣūṇāṃ teṣāṃ tat-prāntau kleśo 'dhikataraḥ | hi yasmād avyaktā gatiḥ kenāpi prakāreṇa vyaktībhavatisā gatir dehavadbhir jīvair duḥkhaṃ yathā bhavaty evam avāpyate | tathā hīndriyāṇāṃ śabdādi-jñāna-viśeṣa eva śaktiḥ | na tu viśeṣatara-jñānam iti | ata indriya-nirodhas teṣāṃ nirviśeṣa-jñānam icchatām avaśya-kartavya eva | indriyāṇāṃ nirodhas tu srotasvatīnām iva sroto-nirodho duṣkara eva | yad uktaṃ sanatkumāreṇa -
yat-pāda-paṅkaja-palāśa-vilāsa-bhaktyā
karmāśayaṃ grathitam udgrathayanti santaḥ |
tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo |pi ruddha-
sroto-gaṇās tam araṇaṃ bhaja vāsudevam || [BhP 4.22.39]
kleśo mahān iha bhavārṇavam aplaveśāṃ
ṣaḍ-varga-nakram asukhena titīrṣanti |
tat tvaṃ harer bhagavato bhajanīyam aṅghriṃ
kṛtvoḍupaṃ vyasanam uttara dustarārṇam || [BhP 4.22.40] iti |
tāvatā kleśenāpi sā gatir yadyapy avāpyate | tad api bhakti-miśreṇaiva | bhagavati bhaktiṃ vinā kevala-brahmopāsakānāṃ tu kevala-kleśa eva lābho na tu brahma-prāptiḥ | yad uktaṃ brahmaṇā -
teṣām asau kleśala eva śiṣyate
nānyad yathā sthūla-tuṣāvaghātinām | [BhP 10.14.4] iti

baladevaḥ - nanu te 'pi cet tvām eva prāpnuyus tarhi pūrveṣāṃ yuktatamatvaṃ kiṃ nibandhanam ? tatrāha kleśo 'dhiketi | avyaktāsakta-cetasām atisūkṣma-nīrūpa-jīvātma-samādhi-nirata-manasāṃ teṣām adhikataraḥ kleśaḥ | yadyapi pūrveṣām api tat-tan-mad-bhakty-asaṅga-samācāro mad-anya-viṣayebhyaḥ karaṇānāṃ pratyāhāraś ca kleśo 'sty eva, tathāi tatrānanda-mūrter mama sphuraṇān na kleśatayā vibhāti | kuto 'dhikataratvaṃ sudurāpāstam ? hi yasmād avyaktā gatir avyaktākṣara-viṣayā mano-vṛttir dehavadbhir dehābhimānibhir janair duḥkhaṃ yathā syāt tathāvāpyate | dehavantaḥ khalu sthūla-deham eva sucirād ātmatvenānuśīlitavantaḥ
katham aṇu-caitanyaṃ sucirojjhita-vimarśam ātmatvenānuśīlituṃ prabhaveyur iti bhāvaḥ |
yat tv atra vyācakṣate | sa-guṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ ceti dvirūpaṃ brahma | tatra saguṇopāsanam ākāravad-viṣayatvāt sukaram apramādaṃ ca | nirguṇopāsanaṃ tu tattvābhāvād duḥkha-karaṃ sa-pramādaṃ ca | tac ca nirguṇaṃ brahmākṣara-śabdenocyate | nairguṇya-pratipattaye sapta viśeṣaṇāni anirdeśyaṃ vedāgocaraṃ, yato 'vyaktaṃ jātyādi-śūnyam | sarvatra-gaṃ vyāpi | acintyaṃ manasāpy agamyam | śrutiś ca - yato vāco nivartante aprāpya manasā saha [TaittU 2.4.1] ity ādyā | kūṭasthaṃ mithā-bhūtam api satyavat pratītaṃ jagat kūṭam ucyate | yathā kūtakārṣāpaṇādi | tasminn ādhyāsika-sambandhenādhiṣṭhānatayā
sthitam | acaram avikāram ato dhruvaṃ nityam iti | tad-vidāṃ khalu gurūpasatti-pūrvakopaniṣad-vicāra-tad-artha-manana-tan-nididhyāsanair mahān kleśaḥ |
pūrveṣāṃ tu tair vinaiva gurūkta-bhagavat-prasādāvirbhūtenājñāna-tat-kārya-vimardinā vijñānena bhagavat-svarūpa-bhūta-nirguṇākṣarātmaikya-lakṣaṇā muktir iti phalaikye 'pi kleśākleśābhyām apakarṣotkarṣāv iti | tad idaṃ mandaṃ gati-sāmānyāt iti sūtre brahmaṇo dvairūpya-nirāsāt | yathā tad akṣaram adhigamyate iti tasya veda-vedyatva-śravaṇāt | yato vācaḥ ity āde kārtsnyāgocaratvārthatvāt | pravṛtti-nimittābhāvena nirguṇasyāpramāṇatvāt taucchyāc ca lakṣyatvaṃ tu na, sarva-śabda-vācyatva-svīkārāt | sadaikāvasthasya vastunaḥ kūṭasthatvenābhidhānān na ca jagat kūṭam |
kavir manīṣī paribhūḥ svayambhur
yāthātathyato 'rthān vyadadhāc chāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ [Īśopaniṣad 8]
ity ādau tasya satyatva-śravaṇāt | yaśodā-stanandhaya-vibhu-cid-vigrahasya para-brahmatva-śravaṇena tad-anta-stha-nirguṇākṣara-kalpanasya śraddhā-jāḍya-kṛtatvāt

Verses6-7
ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya mat-parāḥ |
ananyenaiva yogena māṃ dhyāyanta upāsate

teṣām ahaṃ samuddhartā mṛtyu-saṃsāra-sāgarāt |
bhavāmi na cirāt pārtha mayy āveśita-cetasām

śrīdharaḥ - mad-bhaktānāṃ tu mat-prasādād anāyāsenaiva siddhir bhavatīty āha ye tv iti dvābhyām | ye mayi parameśvare sarvāṇi karmāṇi saṃnyasya samarpya mat-parā bhūtvā | māṃ dhyāyantaḥ | ananyena na vidyate 'nyo bhajanīyo yasmiṃs tenaiva | ekānta-bhakti-yogenopāsata ity arthaḥ

teṣām iti | evaṃ mayy āveśitaṃ ceto yais teṣām | mṛtyu-yuktāt saṃsāra-sāgarād ahaṃ samyag uddhartācireṇa bhavāmi

madhusūdanaḥ - nanu phalaikye kleśālpatvādhikyābhyāsam utkarṣa-nikarṣau syātāṃ, tad eva tu nāsti nirguṇa-brahma-vidāṃ hi phalam avidyā-tat-kārya-nivṛttyā nirviśeṣa-paramānanda-bodha-brahma-rūpatā | saguṇa-brahma-vidāṃ tv adhiṣṭhāna-pramāyā abhāvenāvidyā-nivṛtty-abhāvād aiśvarya-viśeṣaḥ kārya-brahma-loka-gatānāṃ phalam | ataḥ phalādhikyārtham āyāsādhikyaṃ na nyūnatām āpādayatīit cet, na suguṇopāsanayā nirasta-sarva-pratibandhānāṃ vinā gurūpadeśaṃ vinā ca śravaṇa-manana-nididhyāsanādy-āvṛtti-kleśaṃ svayam āvirbhūtena vedānta-vākyeneśvara-prasāda-sahakṛtena tattva-jñānodayād avidyā-tat-kārya-nivṛttyā brahma-loka evaiśvarya-bhogānte
nirguṇa-brahma-vidyā-phala-parama-kaivalyopapatteḥ | sa etasmāj jīva-ghanāt parātparaṃ puriśayaṃ puruṣam īkṣate iti śruteḥ sa prāpta-hiraṇyagarbhaiśvaryo bhogānta etasmāj jīva-ghanāt sarva-jīva-samaṣṭi-rūpāt parāc chreṣṭhād dhiraṇyagarbhāt paraṃ vilakṣaṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ ca puriśayaṃ sva-hṛdaya-guhā-niviṣṭaṃ puruṣaṃ pūrṇaṃ pratyag-abhinnam advitīyaṃ paramātmānam īkṣate svayam āvirbhūtena vedānta-pramāṇena sākṣātkaroti, tāvatā ca mukto bhavatīty arthaḥ | tathā ca vināpi prāg-ukta-kleśena saguṇa-brahma-vidām īśvara-prasādena nirguṇa-brahma-vidyā-phala-prāptir itīmam
artham āha ye tv iti dvyābhyām |
tu-śabda uktāśaṅkā-nivṛtty-arthaḥ | ye sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya saguṇe vāsudeve samarpya mat-parā ahaṃ bhagavān vāsudeva eva paraḥ prakṛṣṭaḥ prīti-viṣayo yeṣāṃ te tathā santo 'nanyenaiva yogena na vidyate māṃ bhagavantaṃ muktvānyad-ālambanaṃ yasya tādṛśenaiva yogena samādhinaikānta-bhakti-yogāpara-nāmnā māṃ bhagavantaṃ vāsudevaṃ sakala-saundarya-sāra-nidhānam ānanda-ghana-vigrahaṃ dvibhujaṃ caturbhujaṃ vā samasta-jana-mano-mohinīṃ muralīm antimanoharaiḥ saptabhiḥ svarair āpūrayantaṃ vā dara-kamala-kaumodakī-rathāṅga-saṅgi-pāṇi-pallavaṃ vā
narasiṃha-rāghavādi-rūpaṃ vā yathā-darśita-viśva-rūpaṃ vā dhyāyanta upāsate samānākāram avicchinnaṃ citta-vṛtti-pravāhaṃ saṃtanvate samīpa-vartitayā 'sate tisṭhanti vā tesāṃ mayy āveśita-cetasāṃ mayi yathokta āveśitam ekāgratayā praveśitaṃ ceto yais teṣām ahaṃ satatopāsito bhagavān mṛtyu-saṃsāra-sāgarām mṛtyu-yukto yaḥ saṃsāro mithyā-jñāna-tat-kārya-prapañcaḥ sa eva sāgarā iva duruttaras tasmāt samuddhartā samyag anāyasenordhve sarva-bādhāv adhibhūte śuddhe brahmaṇi dhartā dhārayitā jñānāvaṣṭambha-dānena bhavāmi na cirāt kṣipram eva tasminn eva janmani | he pārtheti sambodhanam āśvāsārtham ||6-7||
viśvanāthaḥ --- bhaktānāṃ tu jñānaṃ vinaiva kevalayā bhaktyaiva sukhena saṃsārān muktir ity āha ye tv iti | mayi yat prānty arthaṃ saṃnyasya tyaktvā saṃnyāsa-śabdasya tyāgārthatvāt | ananyenaiva jñāna-karma-tapasyādi-rahitenaiva yogena bhakti-yogena yad uktaṃ yat karmabhir yat tapasā jñāna-vairāgyataś ca yat [BhP 11.20.32] ity anantaram |
sarvaṃ mad-bhakti-yogena mad-bhakto labhate 'ñjasā |
svargāpavargaṃ mad-dhāma kathañcid yadi vāñchati || [BhP 11.20.33] iti |
nanu tad api teṣāṃ saṃsāra-taraṇe kaḥ prakāra iti cet ? satyaṃ | teṣāṃ saṃsāra-taraṇa-prakāre jijñāsā naiva jñāyate | yatas tat-prakāraṃ vinaivāham eva tāṃs tārayiṣyāmīty āha teṣām iti | tena bhagavato bhakteṣv eva vātsalyaṃ na tu jñāniṣv iti dhvaniḥ ||6-7||
baladevaḥ - tathātma-yāthātmyaṃ śrutvaivātmāṃśino mama kevalāṃ bhaktiṃ ye kurvanti, na tv ātma-sākṣātkṛtaye prayatante, teṣāṃ tu kevalayā mad-bhaktyaiva mat-prāptir acireṇaiva syād ity āha ye tv iti dvābhyām | ye mad-ekāntino mayi mat-prāpty-arthaṃ sarvāṇi sva-vihitāny api karmāṇi saṃnyasya bhakti-vikṣepakatva-buddhyā parityajya mat-parā mad-eka-puruṣārthāḥ santo 'nanyena kevalena mac-chravaṇādi-lakṣaṇena yogenopāyena māṃ kṛṣṇam upāsate | tal-lakṣaṇāṃ mad-upāsanāṃ kurvanti dhyāyantaḥ śravaṇādi-kāle 'pi man-niviṣṭa-manasaḥ | teṣāṃ mayy āveśita-cetasāṃ
mad-ekānurakta-manasāṃ bhaktānām aham eva mṛtyu-yuktāt saṃsārāt sāgaravad dustarāt samuddhartā bhavāmi | na cirāt tvarayā tat-prāpti-vilambāsahamānas tān ahaṃ garuḍa-skandham āropya sva-dhāma prāpayāmīty arcir-ādi-nirapekṣā teṣāṃ mad-dhāma-prāptiḥ -
nayāmi paramaṃ sthānam arcir ādi-gatiṃ vinā |
garuḍa-skandham āropya yatheccham anivāritaḥ || iti vārāha-vacanāt |
karmādi-nirapekṣāpi bhaktir abhīṣṭa-sādhikā-
yā vai sādhana-sampattiḥ puruṣārtha-catuṣṭaye |
tayā vinā tad āpnoti naro nārāyaṇāśrayaḥ || iti nārāyaṇīyāt |
sarva-dharmojjhitā viṣṇor nāma-mātraika-jalpakāḥ |
sukhena yāṃ gatiṃ yānti na tāṃ sarve 'pi dhārmikāḥ || iti pādmāc ca ||6-7||
BhG 12.8
mayy eva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya |
nivasiṣyasi mayy eva ata ūrdhvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

śrīdharaḥ - yasmād evaṃ tasmāt mayy eveti | mayy eva saṅkalpa-vikalpātmakaṃ mana ādhatsva sthirīkuru | buddhim api vyavasāyātmikāṃ mayy eva niveśaya | evaṃ kurvan mat-prasādena labdha-jñānaḥ san ata ata ūrdhvaṃ dehānte mayy eva nivasiṣyasi nivatsyasi | yad ātmanā vāsaṃ kariṣyasi | nātra saṃśayaḥ | yathā ca śrutiḥ dehānte devaḥ paraṃ brahmā tārakaṃ vyacaṣṭe iti

madhusūdanaḥ - tad evam iyatā prabandhena saguṇopāsanāṃ stutvedānīṃ vidhatte mayy eveti | mayy eva saguṇe brahmaṇi manaḥ saṅkalpa-vikalpātmakam ādhatsva sthāpaya sarvā manovṛttīr mad-viṣayā eva kuru | eva-kārānuṣaṅgena mayy eva buddhim adhyavasāya-lakṣaṇāṃ niveśaya | sarvā buddhi-vṛttīr mad-viṣayā eva kuru, viṣayāntara-parityāgena sarvadā māṃ cintayety arthaḥ | tataḥ kiṃ syād ity ata āha nivasiṣyasi nivatsyasi labdha-jñānaḥ san mad-ātmanā mayy eva śuddha ata ūrdhvam etad-dehānte na saṃśayo nātra pratibandha-śaṅkā kartavyety arthaḥ | eva ata ūrdhvam ity atra sandhy-abhāvaḥ śloka-pūraṇārthaḥ

viśvanāthaḥ --- yasmān mad-bhaktir eva śreṣṭhā tasmāt tvaṃ bhaktim eva kurv iti tām upadiśati mayy eveti tribhiḥ | eva-kāreṇa nirviśeṣa-vyāvṛttiḥ | mayi śyāmasundare pītāmbare vanamālini mana ādhatsva mat-smaraṇaṃ kurv ity arthaḥ | tathā buddhiṃ vivekavatīṃ niveśaya man-mananaṃ kurv ity arthaḥ | tac ca mananaṃ dhyāna-pratipādaka-śāstra-vākyānuśīlanam | tataś ca mayy eva nivasiṣyasīti chāndasam | mat-samīpa eva nivāsaṃ prāpnoṣīty arthaḥ

baladevaḥ -- yasmād evaṃ tasmāt tvaṃ mayy eva na tu svātmani mana ādhatsva samāhitaṃ kuru | buddhiṃ mayi niveśayārpaya | evaṃ kurvāṇas tvaṃ mayy eva mama kṛṣṇasya sannidhāv eva nivatsyasi, na tu sa-niṣṭhavat sargādikam anubhavann aiśvarya-pradhānaṃ māṃ prāpsyasīty arthaḥ

BhG 12.9
atha cittaṃ samādhātuṃ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram |
abhyāsa-yogena tato mām icchāptuṃ dhanaṃjaya

śrīdharaḥ - atrāśaktaṃ prati sugamopāyam āha atheti | sthiraṃ yathā bhavaty evaṃ mayi cittaṃ dhārayituṃ yadi śakto na bhavasi tarhi vikṣiptaṃ cittaṃ punaḥ punaḥ pratyāhṛtya mad-anusmaraṇa-lakṣaṇo yo 'bhyāsa-yogas tena māṃ prāptum iccha | prayatnaṃ kuru

madhusūdanaḥ - idānīṃ saguṇa-brahma-dhyānāśaktānām aśakti-tāratāmyena prathamaṃ pratimādau bāhye bhagavad-dhyānābhyāsas tad-aśaktau bhāgavata-dharmānuṣṭhānaṃ tad-aśaktau sarva-karma-phala-tyāga iti trīṇi sādhanāni tribhiḥ ślokair vidhatte atheti | atha pakṣāntare sthiraṃ yathā syāt tathā cittaṃ samādhātuṃ sthāpayituṃ mayi na śaknoṣi cet tata ekasmin pratimādāv ālambane sarvataḥ samāhṛtya cetasaḥ punaḥ punaḥ sthāpanam abhyāsas tat-pūrvako yogaḥ samādhis tenābhyāsa-yogena mām āptum iccha yatasva | he dhanañjaya ! bahūn śatrūn jitvā dhanam āhṛtavān asi rājasūyādy-artham ekaṃ manaḥ-śatruṃ jitvā
tatva-jñāna-dhanam āhariṣyasīti na tavāścaryam iti sambodhanārthaḥ

viśvanāthaḥ --- sākṣāt smaraṇāsamarthaṃ prati tat-prāpty-upāyam āha atheti | abhyāsa-yogenānyatrānyatra gatam api manaḥ punaḥ pratyāhṛtya mad-rūpa eva sthāpanam abhyāsaḥ | sa eva yogas tena | prākṛtatvād iti kutsita-rūpa-rasādiṣu calantyā manonadyās teṣu calanaṃ nirudhya atisubhadreṣu madīya-rūpa-rasādiṣu tac-calanaṃ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ sampādayety arthaḥ | he dhanañjayeti bahūn śatrūn jitvā dhanam āhṛtavatā tvayā mano 'pi jitvā dhyāna-dhanaṃ grahītuṃ śakyam eveti bhāvaḥ

baladevaḥ - nanu gaṅgeva yeṣāṃ mano-vṛtti-rodhavatī teṣāṃ tvat-prāptis tvarayā syān mama tu tādṛśī na tad-vṛttis tataḥ kathaṃ seti cet tatrāha atheti | sthiraṃ yathā syāt tathā mayi cittaṃ samyag anāyāsenādhātum arpayituṃ na śaknoṣi cet tato 'bhyāsa-yogena mām āptum iccha yatasva | tato 'nyatra gatasya manasaḥ pratyāhṛtya śanaiḥ śanair mayi sthāpanam abhyāsas tena manasi mat-pravaṇe sati mat-prāptiḥ sulabhā syād iti bhāvaḥ

BhG 12.10
abhyāse 'py asamartho 'si mat-karma-paramo bhava |
mad-artham api karmāṇi kurvan siddhim avāpsyasi

śrīdharaḥ - yadi punar naivaṃ tatrāha abhyāsa iti | yadi punar abhyāse 'py aśakto 'si tarhi mat-prīty-arthāni yāni karmāṇi ekādaśy-upavāsa-vrata-caryā-pūjā-nāma-saṅkīrtanādīni tad-anuṣṭhānam eva paramaṃ yasya tādṛśo bhava | evaṃ-bhūtāni karmāṇy api mad-arthaṃ kurvan mokṣaṃ prāpsyasi

madhusūdanaḥ - mat-prīṇanārthaṃ karma mat-karma śravaṇa-kīrtanādi-bhāgavata-dharmas tat-paramas tad-eka-niṣṭho bhava | abhyāsāsamarthye mad-arthaṃ bhāgavata-dharma-saṃjñakāni karmāṇy api kurvan siddhiṃ brahma-bhāva-lakṣaṇāṃ sattva-śuddhi-jñānotpatti-dvāreṇāvāpsyasi

viśvanāthaḥ --- abhyāse 'pīti yathā pitta-dūṣitā rasanā matsyaṇḍikāṃ necchati | tathaivāvidyā-dūṣitaṃ manas tad-rūpādikaṃ madhuram api na gṛhṇātīty atas tena durgraheṇa mahā-prabalena manasā saha yoddhuṃ mayā naiva śakyata iti manyase ced iti bhāvaḥ | mat-karmāṇi paramāṇi yasya saḥ | karmāṇi madīya-śravaṇa-kīrtana-vandanārcana-man-mandira-mārjanābhyukṣaṇa-puṣpāharaṇādi-paricaraṇādi kurvan vināpi mat-smaraṇaṃ siddhiṃ premavat-pārṣadatva-lakṣaṇāṃ prāpsyatīti

baladevaḥ - nanu vāyor iva manaso 'ticāpalyāt tasya pratyāhāre mama na śaktir iti cet tatrāha abhyāse 'pīti | ukta-lakṣaṇe 'bhyāse 'pi cet tvam asamarthas tarhi mat-karmāṇi paramāṇi pumartha-bhūtāni yasya tādṛśo bhava | tāni ca man-niketa-nirmāṇa-mat-puṣpa-bāṭī-secanādīni pūrvam uktāni | evaṃ sukarāṇi mad-arthāni karmāṇi kurvāṇas tvaṃ tatra tarāti-manojña-man-mūrty-uddeśa-mahimnā tādṛśe mayi nirata-manāḥ saṃsiddhiṃ mat-sāmīpya-lakṣaṇām avāpsyasīty atisugamo 'yam upāyaḥ

BhG 12.11
athaitad apy aśakto 'si kartuṃ mad-yogam āśritaḥ |
sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṃ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān

śrīdharaḥ - atyantaṃ bhagavad-dharma-pariniṣṭhāyām aśaktasya pakṣāntaram āha atheti | yady etad api kartuṃ na śaknoṣi tarhi mad-ayogaṃ mad-eka-śaraṇatvam āśritaḥ san sarveṣāṃ dṛṣṭādṛṣṭārthānām āvaśyakānāṃ cāgnihotrādi-karmaṇāṃ phalāni niyata-cittaṃ bhūs tvā parityaja | etad uktaṃ bhavati mayā tāvad īśvarājñayā yathā-śakti karmāṇi kartavyāni | phalaṃ tāvad dṛṣṭam adṛṣṭaṃ vā parameśvarādhīnam ity evaṃ mayi bhāram āropya phalāsaktiṃ parityajya vartamāno mat-prasādena kṛtārtho bhaviṣyasīti

madhusūdanaḥ - atha bahir-viṣayākṛṣṭa-cetastvād etan-mat-karma-paratvam api kartuṃ na śaknoṣi, tato mad-yogaṃ mad-eka-śaraṇatvam āśrito mayi sarva-karma-samarpaṇaṃ mad-yogas taṃ vāśritaḥ san yatātmavān yataḥ saṃyata-sarvendriya ātmavān vivekī ca san sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṃ kuru phalābhisandhiṃ tyajety arthaḥ

viśvanāthaḥ --- etad api kartum aśaktaś cet tarhi mad-yogam āśrito mayi sarva-karma-samarpaṇam | mad-yogas tam āśritaḥ san sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṃ prathama-ṣaṭkoktaṃ kuru | ayam arthaḥ -- prathama-ṣaṭke bhagavad-arpita-niṣkāma-karma-yoga eva mokṣopāya uktaḥ | dvitīya-ṣaṭke 'smin bhakti-yoga eva bhagavat-prāpty-upāya uktaḥ | sa ca bhakti-yogo dvividhaḥ - bhagavan-niṣṭho 'ntaḥ-karaṇa-vyāpāro, bahiṣkaraṇa-vyāpāraś ca | tatra prathamas trividhaḥ - smaraṇātmako, mananātmakaś cākhaṇḍa-smaraṇāsāmarthye tad-anurāgināṃ tad-abhyāsa-rūpaṃ ceti trika evāyaṃ manda-dhiyāṃ durgamaḥ
| sudhiyāṃ niraparādhānāṃ tu sugama eva | dvitīyaḥ śravaṇa-kīrtanātmakaṃ tu sarveṣāṃ sugama evopāyaḥ | evam ubhayopāya-vanto 'dhikāriṇaḥ sarvataḥ prakṛṣṭā dvitīya-ṣaṭke 'sminn uktāḥ | etat-kṛtya-samarthā indriyāṇāṃ bhagavan-niṣṭhīkṛtāv aśraddhālavaś ca bhagavad-arpita-niṣkāma-karmiṇaḥ prathama-ṣaṭkotādhikāriṇo 'smān nikṛṣṭā eveti

baladevaḥ - atha mahākulīnatva-loka-mukhyatvādinā pratibandhena bādhitas tvam anyo vai tan-man-niketa-vimārjanādi-mat-prītikara-mati-sukaram api karma cet kartum aśakto 'si tato mad-yogaṃ mac-charaṇatām āśritaḥ san sarveṣām anuṣṭhīyamānānāṃ karmaṇāṃ phala-tyāgaṃ kuru yatātmavān vijita-manā bhūtvā, tathā ca phalābhisandhi-śūnyair agnihotra-darśa-paurṇamāsy-ādibhir mad-ārādhana-rūpaiḥ karmabhir viṣa-tantuvad-antar-abhyuditena jñānena sva-parātmanoḥ śeṣa-śeṣi-bhāve 'bhyudite sva-śeṣiṇi sarvottamatvena vidite śanaiḥ śanaiḥ parāpi bhaktiḥ syād iti | evam eva vakṣyati yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṃ ity ādinā
mad-bhaktiṃ labhate parām ity anena

BhG 12.12
śreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj jñānād dhyānaṃ viśiṣyate |
dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgas tyāgāc chāntir anantaram

śrīdharaḥ - tam imaṃ phala-tyāgaṃ stauti śreya iti | samyag-jñāna-rahitād abhyāsāt yukti-sahitopadeśa-pūrvakaṃ jñānaṃ śreṣṭham | tasmād api tat-pūrvaṃ dhyānaṃ viśiṣṭam | tatas tu taṃ paśyati niṣkalaṃ dhyāyamāna iti śruteḥ | tasmād apy ukta-lakṣaṇaḥ karma-phala-tyāgaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ | tasmād evaṃbhūtāt karma-phala-tyāgāt karmasu tat-phaleṣu cāsakti-nivṛttyā mat-prasādena ca samanantaram eva saṃsāra-śāntir bhavati

madhusūdanaḥ - idānīm atraiva sādhana-vidhāna-prayavasānād imaṃ sarva-phala-tyāgaṃ stauti śreya iti | śreyaḥ praśasyataraṃ hi eva jñānaṃ śabda-yuktibhyām ātma-niścayo 'bhyāsā jñānārtha-śravaṇābhyāsāt | jñānāc chravaṇa-manana-pariniṣpannād api dhyānaṃ nididhyāsana-saṃjñaṃ viśiṣyate 'tiśayitaṃ bhavati sākṣātkārāvyavahita-hetutvāt | tad evaṃ sarva-sādhana-śreṣṭhaṃ dhyānaṃ tato 'py atiśayitatvenājña-kṛtaḥ karma-phala-tyāgaḥ stūyate |
dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgo viśiṣyata ity anuṣajyate | tyāgān niyata-cittena puṃsā kṛtāt sarva-karma-phala-tyāgāc chāntir upaśamaḥ sa-hetukasya saṃsārasyānantaram apy avadhānena na tu kālāntaram apekṣate | atra -
yadā sarve pramucyante kāmā ye 'sya hṛdi sthitāḥ |
atha martyo 'mṛto bhavaty atra brahma samaśnute ||
ity ādi śrutiṣu prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān ity ādi-sthita-prajña-lakṣaṇeṣu ca sarva-kāma-tyāgasyāmṛtatva-sādhanatvam avagatam | karma-phalāni ca kāmās tat-tyāgo 'pi kāma-tyāgatva-sāmānyāt sarva-kāma-tyāga-phalena stūyate | yathāgastyena brāhmaṇena samudraḥ pīta iti, yathā vā jāmadagnyena brāhmaṇena niḥkṣatrā pṛthivī kṛteti bāhmaṇatva-sāmānyād idānīntanā api brāhmaṇā aparimeya-parākramatvena stūyante tadvat

viśvanāthaḥ --- athoktānāṃ smaraṇa-mananābhyāsānāṃ yathā-pūrvaṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ spaṣṭīkṛyāha śreyo hīti | abhyāsāj jñānaṃ mayi buddhiṃ niveśayety uktaṃ man-mananaṃ śreyaḥ śreṣṭham | abhyāse saty āyāsata eva dhyānaṃ syāt | manane sati tv anāyāsata eva dhyānam iti viśeṣāt tasmāt jñānād api dhyānaṃ viśiṣyate śreṣṭham ity arthaḥ | kuta ity ata āha - dhyānāt karma-phalānāṃ svargādi-sukhānāṃ niṣkāma-karma-phalasya mokṣasya ca tyāgas tat-spṛhā-rāhityaṃ syāt | svataḥ prāptasyāpi tasyopekṣā | niścala-dhyānāt pūrvaṃ
tu bhaktānām ajāta-ratīnāṃ mokṣa-tyāgecchaiva bhavet | niścala-dhyānavatāṃ tu mokṣopekṣā | saiva mokṣa-laghutā-kāriṇī | yad uktaṃ bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhau - kleśa-ghnī śubhadā [BRS 1.1.7] ity atra ṣaḍbhiḥ padair etan-māhātmyaṃ kīrtitam iti | yad uktaṃ -
na pārameṣṭhyaṃ na mahendra-dhiṣṇyaṃ
na sārvabhaumaṃ na rasādhipatyam |
na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṃ vā
mayy arpitātmecchati mad vinānyat || [BhP 11.14.14] iti |
mayy arpitātmā mad-dhyāna-niṣṭhaḥ | tyāgād vaitṛṣṇyād anantaram eva śāntir mad-rūpa-guṇādikaṃ vinā sarva-viṣayeṣv evendriyāṇām uparatiḥ | atra pūrvārdhe śreyaḥ iti viśiṣyate iti pada-dvayenānvayād uttarārdhe tu anantaram ity anenaivānvayād eṣaiva vyākhyā samyag upapadyate nānyety avadheyam

baladevaḥ - sukaratvād apramādatvāj jñāna-garbhatvāc cānibhisaṃhitaṃ phalaṃ karma-yogaṃ stauti śreyo hīti | abhyāsān mat-smṛti-sātatya-rūpād aniṣpannāj jñānaṃ svātma-sākṣātkṛti-rūpaṃ śreyaḥ praśastataram | paramātmopalabdhi-dvāratvāt jñānāc ca tasmād aniṣpannāt sādhana-bhūtaṃ dhyānaṃ svātma-cintana-lakṣaṇaṃ viśiṣyate sva-hitatve śreyo bhavati | dhyānāc ca tasmād aniṣpannāt karma-phala-tyāgād anantaraṃ śāntis tyakta-phalād anuṣṭhitā karmaṇo 'nantaraṃ manaḥ-śuddhir ity arthaḥ | tathā ca śuddhe manasi dhyānaṃ niṣpadyate | niṣpanne dhyāne
sva-sākṣātkṛti-rūpaṃ jñānaṃ | jñāne niṣpanne tat-phala-bhūtaṃ paramātma-jñānam | tena parā bhaktis tayiśvarya-pradhānasya mama prāptir iti durgamo 'yam upāya iti bhāvaḥ | na cāyam arjunaṃ praty upadeśas tasyaikāntitvāt | san-niṣṭhā niṣkāma-karma-ratā hari-dhyāyinaś ca svātmānam anubhūya tato 'bhyuditayā hari-viṣayakatyā pāramaiśvarya-guṇayā parayā bhaktyā hariṃ premāspadam anubhavanto vimucyanta iti gītā-śāstrārtha-paddhatiḥ | kintv ekāntitvāsaktaṃ pratīti-bodhyam

BhG 12.13-14
adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca |
nirmamo nirahaṃkāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī

saṃtuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ |
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

śrīdharaḥ - evaṃ-bhūtasya bhaktasya kṣipram eva parameśvara-prasāda-hetūn dharmān āha adveṣṭety aṣṭabhiḥ | sarva-bhūtānāṃ yathāyatham adveṣṭā maitraḥ karuṇaś ca | uttameṣu dveṣa-śūnyaḥ | sameṣu mitratayā vartata iti maitraḥ | hīneṣu kṛpālur ity arthaḥ | nirmamo nirahaṃkāraś ca kṛpālutvād eva anyaiḥ saha same duḥkha-sukhe yasya saḥ | kṣamī kṣamāśīlaḥ

saṃtuṣṭa iti | satataṃ lābhe 'lābhe ca saṃtuṣṭaḥ suprasanna-cittaḥ | yogī apramattaḥ yatātmā saṃyata-svabhāvaḥ | dṛḍho mad-viṣayo yasya | mayy arpite mano-buddhī yena | evaṃbhūto yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

madhusūdanaḥ - tad evaṃ mandam adhikāriṇaṃ pratyatiduṣkaratvenākṣaropāsana-nindayā sukaraṃ saguṇopāsanaṃ vidhāyāśakti-tāratamyānuvādenānyāny api sādhanāni vidadhau bhagavān vāsudevaḥ kathaṃ nu nāma sarva-pratibandha-rahitaḥ sann uttamādhikāritayā phala-bhūtāyām akṣara-vidyāyām avatared ity abhiprāyeṇa sādhana-vidhānasya phalārthatvāt | tad uktam -
nirviśeṣaṃ paraṃ brahma sākṣātkartum anīśvarāḥ |
ye mandās te 'nukampyante saviśeṣa-nirūpaṇaiḥ ||
vaśīkṛte manasy eṣāṃ saguṇa-brahma-śīlanāt |
tad evāvirbhavet sākṣād apetopādhi-kalpanam || iti |
bhagavatā patañjalinā coktaṃ samādhi-siddhir īśvara-praṇidhānāt iti | tataḥ pratyak-cetanādhigamo 'py antarāyābhāvaś ca iti ca | tata itīśvara-praṇidhānād ity arthaḥ | tad evam akṣaropāsana-nindā saguṇopāsana-stutaye na tu heyatayā, udita-homa-vidhāvanudita-homa-nindāvat | na hi nindā nindyaṃ nindituṃ pravartate 'pi tu vidheyaṃ stotum iti nyāyāt | tasmād akṣaropāsakā eva paramārthato yoga-vittamāḥ |
priyo hi jñānino 'tyartham ahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ |
udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tv ātmaiva me matam || [Gītā 7.17-18]
ity ādinā punaḥ punaḥ praśastatamatayoktās teṣām eva jñānaṃ dharma-jātaṃ cānusaraṇīyam adhikāram āsādya tvayety arjunaṃ bubodhayiṣuḥ parama-hitaiṣī bhagavān abheda-darśinaḥ kṛta-kṛtyānakṣaropāsakān prastauti adveṣṭeti saptabhiḥ |
sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmatvena paśyann ātmano duḥkha-hetāv api pratikūla-buddhy-abhāvān na dveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṃ kintu maitrī snigdhatā tadvān | yataḥ karuṇaḥ karuṇā duḥkhiteṣu dayā tadvān sarva-bhūtābhaya-dātā paramahaṃsa-parivrājaka ity arthaḥ | nirmamo dehe 'pi mameti pratyaya-rahitaḥ | nirahaṅkāro vṛtta-svādhyāyādi-kṛtāhaṅkārān niṣkrāntaḥ | dveṣa-rāgayor apravartakatvena same duḥkha-sukhe yasya saḥ | ataeva kṣamī ākrośana-tāḍanādināpi na vikriyām āpadyate

tasyaiva viśeṣaṇāntarāṇi santuṣṭa iti | satataṃ śarīra-sthiti-kāraṇasya lābhe 'lābhe ca saṃtuṣṭaḥ utpannālaṃ-pratyayaḥ | tathā guṇaval-lābhe viparyaye ca | satatam iti sarvatra sambadhyate | yogī samāhita-cittaḥ | yatātmā saṃyata-śarīrendriyādi-saṃghātaḥ | dṛḍhaḥ kutārkikair abhibhavitum aśakyatayā sthiro niścayo 'ham asmy akaartra-bhloktṛ-saccidānandādvitīyaṃ brahmety adhyavasāyo yasya sa dṛḍha-niścayaḥ sthita-prajña ity arthaḥ | mayi bhagavati vāsudeve śuddhe brahmaṇi arpita-mano-buddhiḥ samarpitāntaḥ-karaṇaḥ | īdṛśo yo mad-bhaktaḥ śuddhākṣara-brahmavit sa me priyaḥ, mad-ātmatvāt

viśvanāthaḥ --- etādṛśyāḥ śāntyā bhaktaḥ kīdṛśo bhavatīty apekṣāyāṃ bahuvidha-bhaktānāṃ svabhāva-bhedān āha adveṣṭety aṣṭabhiḥ | adveṣṭā dviṣatsv api dveṣaṃ na karoti pratyuta mitro mitratayā vartate | karuṇa eṣām asad-gatir mā bhavatv iti buddhyā teṣu kṛpāluḥ | nanu kīdṛśena vivekena dviṣatsv api maitrī-kāruṇye syātām | tatra vivekaṃ vinaivety āha nirmamo nirahaṃkāra iti putra-kalatrādiṣu mamatvābhāvād dehe cāhaṅkārābhāvāt tasya mad-bhaktasya kvāpi dveṣa eva naiva phalati | kutaḥ punar dveṣa-janita-duḥkha-śānty-arthaṃ tena vivekaḥ
svīkartavya iti bhāvaḥ |
nanu tad apy anya-kṛta-pāduka-muṣṭi-prahārādibhir deha-vyathādīnaṃ duḥkhaṃ kiṃcid bhavaty eva ? tatrāha sama-duḥkha-sukham | yad uktaṃ bhagavatā candrārdha-śekhareṇa -
nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve na kutaścana bibhyati |
svargāpavarga-narakeṣv api tulyārtha-darśinaḥ || [BhP 6.17.28] iti |
sukha-duḥkhayoḥ sāmyaṃ sama-darśitvam | tac ca mama prārabdha-phalam idam avśya-bhogyam iti bhāvanā-mayam | sāmye 'pi sahiṣṇuvaiva duḥkhaṃ sahyata ity āha kṣamī kṣamavān | kṣam sahane dhātuḥ |
nanv etādṛśasya bhaktasya jīvikā kathaṃ sidhyet ? tatrāha santuṣṭaḥ | yadṛcchopasthite kiṃcid yatnopasthite vā bhakṣya-vastuni santuṣṭaḥ |
nanu sama-duḥkha-sukham ity uktam | tat kathaṃ svabhakṣam ālakṣya santuṣṭa iti tatrāha satataṃ yogī bhakti-yoga-yukto bhakti-siddhārtham iti bhāvaḥ | yad uktaṃ-
āhārārthaṃ yatataiva yuktaṃ tat-prāṇa-dhāraṇam |
tattvaṃ vimṛśyate tena tad vijñāya paraṃ vrajet || iti |
kiṃ ca deivād aprāpta-bhaikṣyo 'pi yatātmā saṃyata-cittaḥ kṣobha-rahita ity arthaḥ | daivāc citta-kṣobhe saty api tad-upaśamārtham aṣṭāṅga-yogābhyāsādikaṃ naiva karotīty āha dṛḍha-niścayo 'nanya-bhaktir eva me kartavyeti niścayas tasya na śithilībhavatīty arthaḥ | sarvatra hetuḥ mayy arpita-mano-buddhir mat-smaraṇa-manana-parāyaṇa ity arthaḥ | īdṛśo bhaktas tu me priyo mām atiprīṇayatīty arthaḥ ||13-14||
baladevaḥ - evam ekānti-bhaktān pariniṣṭhitādīn anekānti-bhaktān saniṣṭhāṃś ca tat-tat-sādhana-bhedair upavarṇya teṣāṃ sarvoparañjakān guṇān vidadhāti adveṣṭeti saptabhiḥ | sarva-bhūtānām adveṣṭā dveṣaṃ kurvatsv api teṣu mat-prārabhdānuguṇa-pareśa-preritāny amūni mahyaṃ dviṣantīti dveṣa-śūnyaḥ | pareśādhiṣṭhānāny amūnīti teṣu maitraḥ snigdhaḥ | kenacin nimittena khinneṣu mābhūd eṣāṃ kheda iti karuṇaḥ | dehādiṣu nirmamaḥ prakṛter amī vikārā na mameti teṣu mamatā-śūnyaḥ | nirahaṅkāras
teṣv ātmābhimāna-rahitaḥ | sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sukhe sati harṣeṇa duḥkhe sati udvegena cāvyākulaḥ | yataḥ kṣamī tat-tat-sahiṣṇuḥ | satataṃ santuṣṭo lābhe 'lābhe ca prasanna-cittaḥ | yato yogī gurūpadiṣṭopāya-niṣṭhaḥ | yatātmā vijitendriya-vargaḥ | dṛḍha-niścayo dṛḍhaḥ kutarkair abhibhavitum aśakyatayā sthiro niścayo hareḥ kiṅkaro 'smīti adhyavasāyo yasya saḥ | ato mayy arpita-mano-buddhiḥ | evaṃ-bhūto yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ prīti-kartā ||13-14||
BhG 12.15
yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ |
harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ

śrīdharaḥ - kiṃ ca yasmād iti | yasmāt sakāśāl loko jano nodvijate bhaya-śaṅkayā saṃkṣobhaṃ na prāpnoti | yaś ca lokān nodvijate | yaś ca svābhāvikair harṣādibhir yuktaḥ | tatra harṣaḥ svasyeṣṭa-lābha utsāhaḥ | amarṣaḥ parasya lābhe 'sahanam | bhayaṃ trāsaḥ | udvego bhayādi-nimittaś citta-kṣobhaḥ | etair vimukto yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ

madhusūdanaḥ - punas tasyaiva viśeṣaṇāni yasmād iti | yasmāt sarva-bhūtābhaya-dāyinaḥ saṃnyāsino hetor nodvijate na santapyate loko yaḥ kaścid api janaḥ | tathā lokān niraparādhodvejanaika-vratāt khala-janān nodvijate ca yaḥ | advaita-darśitvāt parama-kāruṇikatvena kṣamā-śīlatvāc ca | kiṃ ca harṣaḥ svasya priya-lābhe romāñcāśru-pātādi-hetur ānandābhivyañjakaś citta-vṛtti-viśeṣaḥ | amarṣaḥ parotkarṣāsahana-rūpaś citta-vṛtti-viśeṣaḥ | bhayaṃ vyāghrādi-darśanādhīnaś citta-vṛtti-viśeṣas trāsaḥ | udvega ekākī kathaṃ vijane sarva-parigraha-śūnyo jīviṣyāmīty evaṃvidho
vyākulatā-rūpaś citta-vṛtti-viśeṣas tair harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ | advaita-darśitayā tad-ayogyatvena tair eva svayaṃ parityakto na tu teṣāṃ tyāgāya svayaṃ vyāpṛta iti yāvat | tena mad-bhakta ity anukṛṣyate | īdṛśo mad-bhakto yaḥ sa me priya iti pūrvavat

viśvanāthaḥ --- kiṃ ca yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiṃcanā sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ [BhP 5.18.12] ity-ādy-ukter mat-prīti-janakā anye 'pi guṇā mad-bhaktyā muhur abhyastayā svata evotpadyante, tān api tvaṃ śṛṇv ity āha | yasmād iti pañcabhiḥ | harṣādibhIḥ prākṛtair harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair mukta ity ādinoktān api kāṃścid guṇān durlabhatva-jñāpanārthaṃ punar āha yo na hṛṣyatīti

baladevaḥ - yasmāl lokaḥ ko 'pi jano nodvijate bhaya-śaṅkayā kṣobhaṃ na labhate | yaḥ kāruṇikatvāj janodvejakaṃ karma na karoti | lokāc ca yo nodvijate sarvāvirodhitva-viniścayād yad-udvejakaṃ karma loko na karoti | yaś ca harṣādibhiḥ kartṛbhir mukto, na tu teṣāṃ mocane svayaṃ vyāpārī | atigambhīrātma-rati-nimagnatvāt tat-sparśenāpi rahita ity arthaḥ | tatra sva-bhogyāgamotsāho harṣaḥ, para-bhogyāgamāsahanam amarṣaḥ | duṣṭa-sattva-darśanādhīno vitrāsaḥ bhayam | kathaṃ nirudyamasya mama jīvanam iti vikṣobhas tūdvegaḥ | etāś catasraś citta-vṛttayaḥ

BhG 12.16
anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ |
sarvārambha-parityāgī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

śrīdharaḥ - kiṃ ca anapekṣa iti | anapekṣo yadṛcchayopasthite 'py arthe nispṛhaḥ | śucir bāhyābhyantara-śauca-sampannaḥ | dakṣo 'nalasaḥ | udāsīnaḥ pakṣapāta-rahitaḥ | gata-vyatha ādhi-śūnyaḥ | sarvān dṛṣṭādṛṣṭārthān ārambhānudyamān parityaktuṃ śīlaṃ yasya saḥ | evaṃ-bhūtaḥ san yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

madhusūdanaḥ - kiṃ ca anapekṣa iti | nirapekṣaḥ sarveṣu bhogopakaraṇeṣu yadṛcchopanīteṣv api niḥspṛhaḥ | śuci-bāhyābhyantara-śauca-sampannaḥ | dakṣa upasthiteṣu jñātavyeṣu kartavyeṣu ca sadya eva jñātuṃ kartuṃ ca samarthaḥ | udāsīno na kasyacin mitrādeḥ pakṣaṃ bhajate yaḥ | gata-vyathaḥ parais tāḍyamānasyāpi gatā notpannā vyathā pīḍā yasya saḥ | utpannāyām api vyathāyām apakarṛṣv anapakartṛtvaṃ kṣamitvam | vyathā-kāraṇeṣu satsv apy anutpanna-vyathatvaṃ gata-gata-vyathatvam iti bhedaḥ
| aihikāmuṣmika-phalāni sarvāṇi karmāṇi sarvārambhās tān parityaktuṃ śīlaṃ yasya sa sarvārambha-parityāgī sannyāsī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

viśvanāthaḥ --- anapekṣo vyavahārika-kāryāpekṣā-rahita udāsīno vyavahārika-lokeṣv anāsaktaḥ | sarvān vyavahārikān dṛṣṭādṛṣṭārthāṃs tathā pāramārthikān api kāṃścit śāstrādhyāpanādīn ārambhān udyamān parihartuṃ śīlaṃ yasya saḥ

baladevaḥ - anapekṣaḥ svayam āgate 'pi bhogye nispṛhaḥ | śucir bāhyābhyantara-pāvitryavān | dakṣaḥ sva-śāstrārtha-vimarśa-samarthaḥ | udāsīnaṃu para-pakṣāgrāhī | gata-vyatho 'pakṛto 'py ādhi-śūnyaḥ | sarvārambha-parityāgī sva-bhakti-pratīpākhilodyama-rahitaḥ

BhG 12.17
yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati |
śubhāśubha-parityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ

śrīdharaḥ - kiṃ ca ya iti | priyaṃ prāpya yo na hṛṣyati | apriyaṃ prāpya yo na dveṣṭi | iṣṭārtha-nāśe sati yo na śocati | aprāptam arthaṃ yo na kāṅkṣati | śubhāśubhe puṇya-pāpe parityaktuṃ śīlaṃ yasya saḥ | evaṃ-bhūto bhūtvā yo mad-bhaktimān sa me priyaḥ

madhusūdanaḥ - kiṃ ca ya iti | sama-duḥkha-sukha ity etad vivṛṇoti | yo na hṛṣyatīṣṭa-prāptau, na dveṣṭi aniṣṭa-prāptau na śocati prāpteṣṭa-viyoge | na kāṅkṣati aprāpteṣṭa-yoge | sarvārambha-parityāgīty etad vivṛṇoti śubhāśubhe sukha-sādhana-duḥkha-sādhane karmaṇī parityaktuṃ śīlam asyeti śubhāśubha-parityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ

viśvanāthaḥ --- Nothing.
baladevaḥ - yaḥ priyaṃ putra-śiṣyādi prāpya na hṛṣyati | apriyaṃ tat prāpya tatra na dveṣṭi | priye tasmin vinaṣṭe na śocati | aprāptam tan nākāṅkṣati | śubhaṃ puṇyam aśubhaṃ pāpaṃ tad-ubhayaṃ pratibandhakatva-sāmyāt parityaktuṃ śīlaṃ yasya saḥ

BhG 12.18-19
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ |
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ

tulya-nindā-stutir maunī saṃtuṣṭo yena kenacit |
aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ

śrīdharaḥ - kiṃ ca sama iti | śatrau ca mitre ca sama eka-rūpaḥ | mānāpamānayor api tathā sama eva | harṣa-viṣāda-śūnya ity arthaḥ | śītoṣṇayoḥ sukha-duḥkhayoś ca samaḥ | saṅga-vivarjitaḥ kvacid apy anāsaktaḥ

kiṃ ca tulya-nindā-stutir iti | tulyā nindā-stutiś ca yasya saḥ | maunī saṃyata-vāk | yena kenacit yathā-labdhena saṃtuṣṭaḥ | aniketo niyatāvāsa-śūnyaḥ | sthira-matir vyavasthita-cittaḥ | evaṃ-bhūto bhaktimān yaḥ sa naro mama priyaḥ

madhusūdanaḥ - kiṃ ca sama iti | pūrvasyaiva prapañcaḥ | saṅga-vivarjitaś cetanācetana-sarva-viṣaya-śobhanādhyāsa-rahitaḥ | sarvadā harṣa-viṣāda-śūnya ity arthaḥ | spaṣṭam

kiṃ ca tulya-nindā-stutir iti | nindā doṣa-kathanam | stutir guṇa-kathanam | te duḥkha-sukhājanakatayā tulye yasya sa tathā | maunī saṃyata-vāk | nanu śarīra-yātrā-nirvāhāya vāg-vyāpāro 'pekṣita eva nety āha saṃtuṣṭo nivṛtta-spṛhaḥ | kiṃ ca -- aniketo niyata-nivāsa-rahitaḥ | sthirā paramārtha-vastu-viṣayā matir yasya sa sthira-matiḥ | īdṛśo yo bhaktimān sa me priyo naraḥ | atra punaḥ punar bhakter upādānaṃ bhaktir evāpavargasya puṣkalaṃ kāraṇam iti draḍhayitum

viśvanāthaḥ --- aniketaḥ prākṛta-svāspadāsakti-śūnyaḥ ||18-19||
baladevaḥ - samaḥ śatrau ceti sphuṭārthaḥ | saṅga-varjitaḥ kusaṅga-śūnyaḥ | tulyeti nindayā duḥkhaṃ stutyā sukhaṃ ca yo na vindati | maunī yata-vāk sveṣṭa-manana-śīlo vā | yena kenacid adṛṣṭākṛṣṭena rukṣeṇa snigdhena vānnādinā santuṣṭaḥ | aniketo niyata-nivāsa-rahito niketa-moha-śūnyo vā | sthira-matir niścita-jñānaḥ | eṣv adveṣṭety ādiṣu saptasu yeṣu guṇānāṃ punar apy abhidhānaṃ tat teṣām atidaurlabhya-jñāpanārtham ity adoṣaḥ | san-niṣṭhādīnāṃ tri-vidhānāṃ bhaktānāṃ sambhūya sthitā ete 'dveṣṭṛtvādayo
dharmā yathā-sambhava-tāratamyenaiva sudhībhiḥ saṅgamanīyāḥ ||18-19||
BhG 12.20
ye tu dharmyāmṛtam idaṃ yathoktaṃ paryupāsate |
śraddadhānā mat-paramā bhaktās te 'tīva me priyāḥ

śrīdharaḥ : uktaṃ dharma-jātaṃ sapahalam upasaṃharati ye tv iti | yathoktam ukta-prakāram | dharma evāmṛtam | amṛtatva-sādhanatvāt | dharmyāmṛtam iti kecit paṭhanti | ye tad upāsate 'nutiṣṭhanti śraddhāṃ kurvantaḥ | mat-parāś ca santaḥ | mad-bhaktās te 'tīva me priyā iti

duḥkham avyakta-vartmaiva tad-bahu-vighnam ato budhaḥ |
sukhaṃ kṛṣṇa-padāmbhojaṃ bhakti-sat-pathavān bhajet ||
iti śrī-śrīdhara-svāmi-kṛtāyāṃ bhagavad-gītā-ṭīkāyāṃ subodhinyāṃ
bhakti-yogo nāma dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

madhusūdanaḥ : adveṣṭety ādinākṣaropāsakādīnāṃ jīvanmuktānāṃ saṃnyāsināṃ lakṣaṇa-bhūtaṃ svabhāva-siddhaṃ dharma-jāta-muktam | yathoktaṃ vārtike -
utpannātmāvabodhasya hy adveṣṭṛtvādayo guṇāḥ |
ayatnato bhavanty eva na tu sādhana-rūpiṇaḥ || iti |
etad eva ca purā sthita-prajña-lakṣaṇa-rūpeṇābhihitam | tad idaṃ dharma-jātaṃ prayatnena sampādyamānaṃ mumukṣor mokṣa-sādhanaṃ bhavatīti pratipādayann upasaṃharati ye tv iti | ye tu saṃnyāsino mumukṣavo dharmāmṛtaṃ dharma-rūpam amṛta-sādhanatvād amṛtavad āsvādyatvād vedaṃ yathoktam adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānām ity ādinā pratipāditaṃ paryupāsate 'nutiṣṭhanti prayatnena śraddadhānāḥ santo mat-paramā ahaṃ bhagavān akṣarātmā vāsudeva eva paramaḥ prāptavyo niratiśayā gatir yeṣāṃ te mat-paramā bhaktā māṃ nirupādhikaṃ brahma bhajamānās te 'tīva me priyāḥ
| priyo hi jñānino 'tyartham ahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ iti pūrva-sūcitasyāyam upasaṃhāraḥ |
yasmād dharmāmṛtam idaṃ śraddhayānutiṣṭhan bhagavato viṣṇoḥ parameśvarasyātīva priyo bhavati tasmād idaṃ jñānavataḥ svabhāva-siddhatayā lakṣaṇam api mumukṣuṇātma-tattva-jijñāsunātma-jñānopāyatvena yatnād anuṣṭheyaṃ viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ jigamiṣuṇeti vākyārthaḥ | tad evaṃ sopādhika-brahmābhidhyāna-paripākān nirupādhikaṃ brahmānusandadhānasyādveṣṭṛtvādi-dharma-viśiṣṭasya mukhyasyādhikāriṇaḥ śravaṇa-manana-nididhyāsanāny āvartayato vedānta-vākyārtha-tattva-sākṣātkāra-sambhavāt tato mukty-upapater mukti-hetu-vedānta-mahāvākyārthānvaya-yogyas tat-padārtho
'nusandheya iti madhyamena ṣaṭkena siddham

iti śrīmat-paramahaṃsa-parivrājakācārya-śrī-viśveśvara-sarasvatī-pāda-
śiṣya-śrī-madhusūdana-sarasvatī-viracitāyāṃ śrīmad-bhagavad-gītā-gūḍhārtha-dīpikāyām bhakti-yogo nāma dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

viśvanāthaḥ : uktavān bahuvidha-svabhakta-niṣṭhān dharmān upasaṃharan kārtsnyenaital-lipsūnāṃ tac-chravaṇa-vicāraṇādi-phalam āha ye tv iti | ete bhakty-uttha-śānty-uttha-dharmā na prākṛtā guṇāḥ bhaktyā tuṣyati kṛṣṇo na guṇaiḥ ity ukta-koṭitaḥ | tu bhinnopakrame ukta-lakṣaṇā bhaktā ekaika-susvabhāva-niṣṭhāḥ | ete tu tat-tat-sarva-sal-lakṣaṇepsavaḥ sādhakā api tebhyaḥ siddhebhyo 'pi śreṣṭhāḥ | ataevāteti padam

sarva-śreṣṭhā sukha-mayī sarva-sādhya-susādhikā |
bhaktir evādbhuta-guṇety adhyāyārtho nirūpitaḥ ||
nimba-drākṣe iva jñāna-bhaktī yadyapi darśite |
ādīyete tad apy ete tat-tad-āsvāda-lobhibhiḥ ||
iti sārārtha-varṣiṇyāṃ harṣiṇyāṃ bhakta-cetasām |
gītāsu dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ saṅgataḥ saṅgataḥ satām

baladevaḥ : ukta-bhakti-yogam upasaṃharan tasmin niṣṭhā-phalam āha ye tv iti | ye bhaktā yathoktaṃ mayy āveśya mano ye mām ity ādibhir yathā-gatam idaṃ dharmāmṛtaṃ paryupāsate | prāpyaṃ mām iva prāpakaṃ tat samāśrayanti | śraddadhānā bhakti-śraddhā-lavo mat-paramā man-niratās te mamātīva priyā bhavanti

vaśaḥ svaika-juṣāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sva-bhakty-eka-juṣāṃ tu saḥ |
prītyaivātivaśaḥ śrīmān iti dvādaśa-nirṇayaḥ ||
iti śrīmad-bhagavad-gītopaniṣad-bhāṣye ekādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ