Bhagavadgītā-4comm with the commentaries · Chapter 77

madhusūdanaḥ - punas tadābhimukhyāya taj-jñānaṃ stauti rājeti | rāja-vidyā sarvāsāṃ vidyānāṃ rājā sarvāvidyānāśakatvāt | vidyāntarasyāvidyaika-deśa-virodhitvāt | tathā rāja-guhyaṃ sarveṣāṃ guhyānāṃ rājā | aneka-janma-kṛta-sukṛta-sādhyatvena bahubhir ajñātatvāt | rāja-dantāditvād upasarjanasya para-nipātaḥ | pavitram idam uttamaṃ prāyaścittair hi kiṃcid ekam eva pāpaṃ nivartyate | nivṛttaṃ ca tat-sva-kāraṇe sūkṣma-rūpeṇa tiṣṭhaty eva | yataḥ punas tat-pāpam upacinoti puruṣaḥ | idaṃ tv aneka-janma-sahasra-sañcitānāṃ sarveṣām api pāpānāṃ sthūla-sūkṣmāvasthānāṃ
tat-kāraṇasya cājñānasya ca sadya evocchedakam | ataḥ sarvottamaṃ pāvanam idam eva |
na cātīndriye dharma ivātra kasyacit sandehaḥ svarūpataḥ phalataś ca pratyakṣatād ity āha pratyakṣāvagamam avagamyate,nenety avagamo mānam avagamyate prāpyata ity avagamaḥ phalaṃ pratyakṣāvagamo mānam asminn iti svarūpataḥ sākṣi-pratyakṣatvam | pratyakṣo 'vagamo 'syeti phalataḥ sākṣi-pratyakṣatvam | mayedaṃ viditvam ato naṣṭam idānīm atra mamājñānam iti hi sārvalaukikaḥ sākṣy-anubhavaḥ |
evaṃ lokānubhava-siddhatve 'pi taj-jñānaṃ dharmyaṃ dharmād anapetam aneka-janma-saṃcita-niṣkāma-dharma-phalam | tarhi duḥsampādaṃ syān nety āha | susukhaṃ kartuṃ gurūpadarśita-vicāra-sahakṛtena vedānta-vākyena sukhena kartuṃ śakyaṃ na deśa-kālādi-vyavadhānam apekṣate pramāṇa-vastu-paratantratvāj jñānasya | evam anāyāsa-sādhyatve svalpa-phalatvaṃ syād atyāyāsa-sādhyānām eva karmaṇāṃ mahā-phalatva-darśanād iti nety āha avyayam | evam anāyāsa-sādhyasyāpy asya phalato vyahto nāstīty avyayam akṣaya-phalam ity arthaḥ | karmaṇā tv atimahatām api kṣayi-phalatvam eva yo vā etad akṣaraṃ gārgy aviditvāsmil loke juhoti
yajate tapas tapyate bahūni varṣa-sahasrāṇy antavad evāsya tad bhavati iti [BAU 3.7.10] śruteḥ | tasmāt sarvotkṛṣṭatvāc chraddheyam evātma-jñānam