BhG 4.9

syntax

he arjuna (O Arjuna!),
evam (thus) yaḥ (he who) me (my) divyam (divine) janma (birth) karma ca (and activities) tattvataḥ (truly) vetti (he knows),
saḥ (he) deham (body) tyaktvā (after abandoning)
punar-janma (re-birth) na eti (he does not go),
[kiṁtu] (but) mām eva (to me only) eti (he goes).

grammar

janma	–	janman 2n.1 n. – birth (from: √jan – to be born);
karma	–	karman 2n.1 n. – activity (from: √kṛ – to do);
ca	–	av. – and;
me	–	asmat sn. 6n.1 – my (shortened form of: mama);
divyam	–	divya 2n.1 n. – divine (from: √div – to shine, diva – heaven);
evam	–	av. – thus;
yaḥ	–	yat sn. 1n.1 m. – he who;
vetti	–	√vid (to know, to understand) Praes. P 1v.1 – he knows;
tattvataḥ	–	av. – truly (from: tat – to, abst. tat-tva – truth, reality; indeclinable ablative with an ending: –tas);
tyaktvā	–	√tyaj (to abandon, to give up) absol. – after abandoning;
deham	–	deha 2n.1 m. – body (from: √dih – to anoint, to smear, deha – a form, shape, body);
punar-janma	–	punar-janman 2n.1 n. – re-birth (from: √jan – to be born, janman – birth; av. punaḥ – back, again);
na	–	av. – not;
eti	–	√i (to go) Praes. P 1v.1 – he goes;
mām	–	asmat sn. 2n.1 – to me;
eti	–	√i (to go) Praes. P 1v.1 – he goes;
saḥ	–	tat sn. 1n.1 m. – he;
arjuna	–	arjuna 8n.1 m. – white, clear, Arjuna;

textual variants

naiti → neti (not, ‘end of a quote’);
so ‘rjuna → pāṁḍava (O son of Pāṇḍu);

Śāṃkara

taj-janma māyā-rūpaṃ, karma ca sādhu-paritrāṇādi, me mama divyam aprākṛtam aiśvaram evaṃ yathoktaṃ yo vetti tattvatas tattvena yathāvat tyaktvā deham imaṃ punar janma punar utpattiṃ naiti na prāpnoti, mām ety āgacchati, sa mucyate he’rjuna

Rāmānuja

evaṃ karmamūlaheyatriguṇaprakṛtisaṃsargarūpajanmarahitasya sarvesvaratvasārvajñyasatyasaṅkalpatvādisamastakalyāṇaguṇopetasya sādhuparitrāṇamatsamāśrayaṇaikaprayojanaṃ divyam aprākṛtaṃ madasādhāraṇaṃ mama janma ceṣṭitaṃ ca tattvato yo vetti, sa vartamānaṃ dehaṃ parityajya punarjanma naiti, mām eva prāpnoti / madīyadivyajanmaceṣṭitayāthātmyavijñānena vidhvastasamastamatsamāśryaṇavirodhipāpaḥ asminn eva janmani yathoditaprakāreṇa mām āśritya madekapriyo madekacitto mām eva prāpnoti

Śrīdhara

evaṃ-vidhānām īśvara-janma-karmaṇāṃ jñāne phalam āha janmeti | svecchayā kṛtaṃ mama janma karma ca dharma-pālana-rūpaṃ divyam alaukikaṃ tattvataḥ parānugrahārtham eveti yo vetti sa dehābhimānaṃ tyaktvā punar janma saṃsāraṃ naiti na prāpnoti | kintu mām eva prāpnoti

Madhusūdana

janma nitya-siddhasyaiva mama sac-cid-ānanda-ghanasya līlayā tathānukaraṇam | karma ca dharma-saṃsthāpanena jagat-paripālanaṃ me mama nitya-siddheśvarasya divyam aprākṛtam anyaiḥ kartum aśakyam īśvarasyaivāsādharaṇam | evam ajo ‚pi sann ity ādinā pratipāditaṃ yo vetti tattvato bhrama-nivartanena | mūḍhair hi mauṣyatva-bhrāntyā bhagavato ‚pi garbha-vāsādi-rūpam eva janma sva-bhogārtham eva karmety āropitam | paramārthataḥ śuddha-sac-cid-ānanda-rūpatva-jñānena tad-apanudyājasyāpi māyayā janmānukaraṇam akartur api parānugrahāya karmānukaraṇam iy evaṃ yo vetti sa ātmano ‚pi tattva-sphuraṇāt tyaktvā deham imaṃ punar janma naiti | kintu māṃ bhagavantaṃ vāsudevam eva sac-cid-ānanda-ghanam eti saṃsārān mucyata ity arthaḥ

Viśvanātha

ukta-lakṣaṇasya maj-janmanas tathā janmānantaraṃ mat-karmaṇaś ca tattvato jñāna-mātreṇaiva kṛtārthaḥ syād ity āha janmeti | divyam aprākṛtaṃ iti śrī-rāmānujācārya-caraṇāḥ śrī-madhusūdana-sarasvatī-pādāś ca | divyam alaukikaṃ iti śrī-svāmi-caraṇāḥ | lokānāṃ prakṛti-sṛṣṭatvād alaukika-śabdasya aprākṛtatvam evārthas teṣām apy abhipretaḥ | ataevāprākṛtatvena guṇātītatvād bhagavaj-janma-karmaṇo nityatvam | tac ca bhagavat-sandarbhe na vidyate yasya ca janma karma vā [BhP 8.3.8] ity atra śloke śrī-jīva-gosvāmi-caraṇair upapāditam | yad vā yukty-anupapannam api śruti-smṛti-vākya-balād atarkam evedaṃ mantavyam | tatra pippalāda-śākhāyāṃ puruṣa-bodhinī-śrutiḥ – eko devo nitya-līlānurakto bhakta-vyāpī bhakta-hṛdayāntarātmā iti | tathā janma-karmaṇo nityatvaṃ śrī-bhāgavatāmṛte bahuśa eva prapañcitam | evaṃ yo vetti tattvata iti ajo ‚pi sann avyayatātmā ity asmiṃs tathā janma karma ca me divyam ity asmiṃś ca mad-vākya evāstikatayā maj-janma-karmaṇor nityatvam eva yo jānāti, na tu tayor nityatve kāñcid yuktim apy apekṣamāṇo bhavatīty arthaḥ | yad vā tattvataḥ oṃ tat sad iti nirdeśo brahmaṇas trividhaḥ smṛtaḥ [Gītā 17.18] ity agrimoktes tac-chabdena brahmocyate tasya bhāvas tattvaṃ tena brahma-svarūpatvena yo vettīty arthaḥ | sa vartamānaṃ dehaṃ tyaktvā punar janma naiti kintu mām evaiti | atra dehaṃ tyaktvā ity asyādhikyād evaṃ vyācakṣate sma | sa dehaṃ tyaktvā punar janma naiti kintu deham atyaktvaiva mām eti | madīya-divya-janma-ceṣṭita-yāthātmya-vijñānena vidhvasta-samasta-mat-samāśrayaṇa-virodhi-pāpmāsminn eva janmani yathodita-prakāreṇa mām āśritya mad-eka-priyo mad-eka-citto mām eva prāpnoti iti śrī-rāmānujācārya-caraṇāḥ

Baladeva

bahulāyāsaiḥ sādhana-sahasrair api durlabho mokṣo maj-janma-carita-śravaṇena mad-ekānti-pathānuvartināṃ sulabho ‚stv ity etad arthaṃ ca sambhavāmīty āśayā bhagavān āha janmeti | mama sarveśvarasya satyecchasya vaidūryavan nitya-siddha-nṛsiṃha-raghunāthādi-bahula-rūpasya tatra tatrokta-lakṣṇaṃ janma tathā karma ca tat-tad-bhakta-sambandhaṃ caritaṃ tad ubhayaṃ divyam aprākṛtaṃ nityaṃ bhavatīty evam evaitad iti yas tattvato vetti yad gataṃ bhavac ca bhaviṣyac ca eko devo nitya-līlānurakto bhakta-vyāpī bhakta-hṛdy antarātmā iti śrutyā divyam iti mad-uktyā ca dṛḍha-śraddho yukti-nirapekṣaḥ san | he arjuna ! sa vartamānaṃ dehaṃ tyaktvā punaḥ prāpañcikaṃ janma naiti | kintu mām eva tat-tat-karma-manojñam eti mukto bhavatīty arthaḥ | yad vā mocakatva-liṅgena tat tvam asi iti śruteś ca me janma-karmaṇī tattvato brahmatvena yo vettīti vyākhyeyam | itarathā tam eva viditvātimṛtyum eti nānyaḥ panthā vidyate ‚yanāya [ŚvetU 3.8] iti śrutir vyākupyet | samānam anyat | janmādi-nityatāyāṃ yuktayas tv anyatra vistṛtā draṣṭavyāḥ