śrī-bhagavān uvāca
mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṃ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ
asaṃśayaṃ samagraṃ māṃ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu
śrī-bhagavān | – | śrī-bhagavant 1n.1 m.; TP: śriyā yukto bhagavān iti – the Lord united with majesty (from: śrī – lustre, majesty, fortune; √bhaj – to share, to love, to rejoice, to worship, bhaga – a share, good fortune, opulence; -mant / -vant – suffix denoting one who possesses, bhagavant – who possesses opulence); |
uvāca | – | √vac (to speak) Perf. P 1v.1 – he spoke; |
mayi | – | asmat sn. 7n.1 – in me; |
āsakta-manāḥ | – | ā-sakta-manas 1n.1 m.; BV: yasya mana āsaktam asti saḥ – whose mind is attached (from: ā-√sañj – to attach, to stick, to embrace, ā-sakta – attached; √man – to think, manas – the mind); |
pārtha | – | pārtha 8n.1 m. – O son of Pṛthā (from: √pṛth – to extend, pṛthā – Kuntī, mother of the sons of Pāṇḍu); |
yogam | – | yoga 2n.1 m. – yoga, yoking, application, a means, one of the schools of Hindu philosophy (from:√yuj – to yoke, to join, to engage); |
yuñjan | – | yuñjant (√yuj – to yoke, to join, to engage) PPr 1n.1 m. – [while] engaging; |
mad-āśrayaḥ | – | mad-āśraya 1n.1 m. – yasyāśrayo ‘ham asti saḥ – whose shelter I am (from: mat – the basic form of a personal ponoun „I” singular used in compounds; ā-√śri – to lean on, to rest on, to depend on, āśraya – place of refuge, shelter); |
asaṁśayam | – | av. – without doubt (from: sam-√śī – to waver, saṁśaya – hesitation, doubt); |
samagram | – | samagra 1n.2 m. – whole, complete; or av. – completely; |
mām | – | asmat sn. 2n.1 – me; |
yathā | – | av. – as (correlative of: tathā); |
jñāsyasi | – | √jñā (to know, to understand) Fut. P 2v.1 – you will know; |
tat | – | tat sn. 2n.1 n. – that; |
śṛṇu | – | √śru (to hear, to listen) Imperat. P 2v.1 – you must listen; |
mayi vakṣyamāṇa-viśeṣaṇe parameśvare āsaktaṃ mano yasya saḥ mayy āsakta-manāḥ, he pārtha ! yogaṃ yuñjan manaḥ-samādhānaṃ kurvan, mad-āśrayo’ham eva parameśvaraḥ āśrayo yasya saḥ mad-āśrayaḥ | yo hi kaścit puruṣārthena kenacit arthī bhavati sa tat-sādhanaṃ karmāgnihotrādi tapo dānaṃ vā kiṃcid āśrayaṃ pratipadyate, ayaṃ tu yogī mām evāśrayaṃ pratipadyate, hitvānyat sādhanāntaraṃ mayy eva āsakta-manā bhavati | yas tvam evaṃ-bhūtaḥ san asaṃśayaṃ samagraṃ samastaṃ vibhūti-bala-śakty-aiśvaryādi-guṇa-saṃpannaṃ māṃ yathā yena prakāreṇa jñāsyasi saṃśayam antareṇaivam eva bhagavān iti, tat sṛṇu ucyamānaṃ mayā
pūrvādhyāyānte mad-gatenāntarātmanā yo māṃ bhajate sa me yuktatamo mataḥ ity uktam | atra kīdṛśas tvaṃ yasya bhaktiḥ kartavyety apekṣāyāṃ sva-svarūpaṃ nirupayiṣyan śrī-bhagavān uvāca mayīti | mayi parameśvara āsaktam abhiniviṣṭaṃ mano yasya saḥ | mad-āśrayo ‚ham evāśrayo yasya | ananya-śaraṇaḥ san | yogaṃ yuñjann abhyasan asaṃśayaṃ yathā bhavaty evam | māṃ samagraṃ vibhūti-balaiśvaryādi-sahitaṃ yathā jñāsyasi tad idaṃ mayā vakṣyamāṇaṃ śṛṇu
evaṃ karma-saṃnyāsātmaka-sādhana-pradhānena prathama-ṣaṭkena jñeyaṃ tvaṃ-pada-lakṣyaṃ sa-yogaṃ vyākhyāyādhunā dhyeya-brahma-pratipādana-pradhānena madhyamena ṣaṭkena tat-padārtho vyākhyātavyaḥ | tatrāpi —
yoginām api sarveṣāṃ madgatenāntarātmanā |
śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṃ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ || [Gītā 6.47]
iti prāg-uktasya bhagavad-bhajanasya vyākhyānāya saptamo ‚dhyāya ārabhyate | tatra kīdṛśaṃ bhagavato rūpaṃ bhajanīyaṃ kathaṃ vā tad-gato ‚ntarātmā syād ity etad-dvayaṃ praṣṭavyam arjunenāpṛṣṭam api parama-kāruṇikatayā svayam eva vivakṣuḥ śrī-bhagavān uvāca mayīti |
mayi parameśvare sakala-jagad-āyatanatvādivividha-vibhūti-bhāgini āsaktaṃ viṣayāntara-parihāreṇa sarvadā niviṣṭaṃ mano yasya tava sa tvam | ataeva mad-āśrayo mad-eka-śaraṇaḥ | rājāśrayo bhāryādy-āsakta-manāś ca rāja-bhṛtyaḥ prasiddho mumukṣus tu mad-āśrayo mad-āsakta-manāś ca | tvaṃ tvad-vidho vā yogaṃ yuñjan manaḥ-samādhānaṃ ṣaṣṭhokta-prakāreṇa kurvan | asaṃśayaṃ yathā bhavaty evaṃ samagraṃ sarva-vibhūti-bala-śaktyaiśvaryādi-sampannaṃ māṃ yathā yena prakāreṇa jñāsyasi tac chṛṇūcyamānaṃ mayā
saptame bhajanīyasya śrī-kṛṣṇaiśvaryam ucyate |
na bhajante bhajante ye te cāpy uktāś caturvidhāḥ ||
prathamenādhyāya-ṣaṭkenāntaḥ-karaṇa-śuddhy-artha-kaniṣkām akarma-sāpekṣau mokṣa-phala-sādhakau jñāna-yogāv uktau | idānīm anena dvitīyādhyāya-ṣaṭkena karma-jñānādi-vimiśra-śravaṇān niṣkāmatva-sakāmatvābhyāṃ ca sālokyādi-sādhakas tathā sarva-mukhyaḥ karma-jñānādi-nirapekṣa eva premavat pārṣadatva-lakṣaṇa-mukti-phala-sādhakas tathā yat karmabhir yat tapasā jñāna-vairāgyataś ca yat ity ādau, sarvaṃ mad-bhakti-yogena mad-bhakto labhate ‚ñjasā, svargāpavargaṃ mad-dhāma [BhP 1.20.32-33] ity ādy-ukter vināpi sādhanānantaraṃ svargāpavargādi-nikhila-sādhakaś ca paramaḥ svatantraḥ sarva-sukaro ‚pi sarva-duṣkaraḥ śrīmad-bhakti-yoga ucyate |
nanu tam eva viditvā atimṛtyum eti [ŚvetU 6.15] iti śruteḥ | jñānaṃ vinā kevalayā bhaktyaiva kathaṃ mokṣaḥ brūṣe ? maivaṃ, tvam eva tat padārthaṃ paramātmānam eva viditvā sākṣād anubhūya, na tu tvaṃ-padārthaṃ ātmānaṃ nāpi prakṛtiṃ nāpi vastu-mātraṃ viditvā mṛtyum atyeti ity asyāḥ śruter arthaḥ | tatra sita-śarkarā-rasa-grahaṇe yathā rasanaiva kāraṇaṃ na tu cakṣuḥ-śrotrādikaṃ tathaiva guṇātītasya brahmaṇe grahaṇaṃ sambhavet, na tu dehādy-atiriktātma-jñānena sāttvikena | bhaktyāham ekayā grāhyaḥ [BhP 11.14.11] iti bhagavad-ukter iti | bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ [Gītā 18.55] ity atra sa-viśeṣaṃ pratipādayiṣyāmaḥ | jñāna-yogayor mukti-sādhanatva-prasiddhis tu tatrastha-guṇī-bhūta-bhakti-prabhāvād eva | tayā vinā tayor akiñcitkaratvasya bahuśaḥ śravaṇāt |
kiṃ ca, asyāṃ śrutau viditvā ity anantaram eva-kārasyāprayogād eva | yoga-vyavacchedābhāve jñāpite sati, tasmād eva paramātmano viditāt kvacid aviditād api mokṣa ity artho labhyate | tataś ca bhakty-utthena nirguṇena paramātma-jñānena mokṣaḥ | kvacit tu bhakty-utthaṃ taj-jñānaṃ vināpi kevalena bhakti-mātreṇa mokṣa ity arthaḥ paryavasyati | yathā matsyaṇḍikā-piṇḍād rasanā-doṣeṇālabdha-svādād api bhuktāt tad-eka-nāśyo vyādhir naśyaty evātra na sandehaḥ | matsyaṇḍikāni te khaṇḍa-vikārā śarkarāsite ity amaraḥ | śrīmad-uddhavenoktam –
nanv īśvaro ‚nubhajato ‚viduṣo ‚pi sākṣāc
chreyas tanoty agada-rāja ivopayuktaḥ [BhP 10.47.56] iti |
ekādaśe ‚py uktaṃ – yat karmabhir yat tapasā jñāna-vairāgyataś ca yat ity ādau sarvaṃ mad-bhakti-yogena mad-bhakto labhate ‚ñjasā [BhP 11.20.31-32] iti | ataeva yan-nāma-sakṛc-chravaṇāt pukkaso ‚pi vimucyate saṃsārāt ity ādau bahuśo vākyair bhaktyaiva mokṣaḥ pratipādyata iti |
atha prakṛtam anusarāmaḥ |
yoginām api sarveṣāṃ madgatenāntarātmanā |
śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṃ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ || [Gītā 6.47]
iti tvad-vākyena tvan-manaskatve sati tvaj-jana-viṣayaka-śraddhāvattvam iti tvayā sva-bhakta-viśeṣa-lakṣaṇam eva kṛtam ity avagamyate | kintu sa ca kīdṛśo bhaktas tadīya-jñāna-vijñānayor adhikārī bhavatīty apekṣāyām āha mayy āsakteti dvābhyām | yadyapi –
bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir
anyatra caiṣa trika eka-kālaḥ |
prapadyamānasya yathāśnataḥ syus
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kṣud-apāyo ‚nu-ghāsam || [BhP 11.2.42]
ity ukter bhajan-prakramata eva mad-anubhava-kramo ‚pi bhavati, tad apy eka-grāsa-mātra-bhojinas tathā tuṣṭi-puṣṭī na spaṣṭe bhavataḥ, kintu bahutara-grāsa-bhojina eva | tathaiva mayi śyāmasundare pītāmbare āsaktam āsakti-bhūmikārūḍhaṃ mano yasya tathābhūta eva tvaṃ māṃ jñāsyasi | yathā spaṣṭam anubhaviṣyasi, tat śṛṇu kīdṛśaṃ yogaṃ mayā saha saṃyogaṃ yuñjan śanaiḥ śanaiḥ prāpnuvan mad-āśrayaḥ | mām eva, na tu jñāna-karmādikam āśrayamāṇo ‚nanya-bhakta ity arthaḥ |
atrāsaṃśayaṃ samagram iti padābhyāṃ madīya-nirviśeṣa-brahma-svarūpa-jñānaṃ
kleśo ‚dhikataras teṣām avyaktāsaktacetasām |
avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṃ dehavadbhir avāpyate || [Gītā 12.5]
ity agrimokteḥ sa-saṃśayam eva | tathā jñāninām upāsyaṃ yad brahma parama-mahato mama mahima-svarūpam eva | yad uktaṃ mayaiva satyavrataṃ prati matsya-rūpeṇa –
madīyaṃ mahimānaṃ ca paraṃ brahmeti śabditam |
vetsyasy anugṛhītaṃ me sampraśnair vivṛtaṃ hṛdi || [BhP 8.24.38] iti |
atrāpi brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham [Gītā 14.27] iti | ato maj-jñānam asamagram iti dyotitam