Bhagavad gita 4.11-12

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Sri:

Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrahmane Namaha

Sri Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Namaha

 

SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA

- translation by Sri.V.N.Gopala Desikan

 

Chapter IV

slOkA 11

 

ye yathA mAm prapadyante tAms tathaiva bhajAmyaham

mama vartmAnuvartante manushyAh pArtha sarvashah

 

Translation :

 

ye - Those who

prapadyante - seek refuge

mAm - in Me

yathA - in whatever form

aham - I

bhajAmy - favour

tAn - them

tatha eva - in the same manner.

pArtha - ArjunA,

manushyAh - people

anuvartante - experience

mama - My

vartma - form

sarvashah - in all ways

 

Those who seek refuge in Me in whatever form , I

favour then in the same manner. ArjunA , people experience

My form in all ways.

 

Commentary : In whichever form of Mine, people take refuge

in Me, I show Myself to them in that form itself. People

experience Me, My form and My essential characteristics ,

in various ways , according to their desire.

So, I not only take the form of dEvAs , men

and so on. Further , if they want Me to be their friend,

to be their charioteer , and so on, I make Myself available

to them in that very form. Thus people experience and enjoy

My form in all ways.

Sri DEsikA states that worship of the Lord in the

temples also , in the archA form , is included in this slOkA.

 

slOkA 12

 

kAnksantah karmanam siddhim yajanta iha devatAh

kshipram hi mAnushE lOkE siddhir bhavati karmajA

 

Translation :

kAnksantah - Desiring

siddhim - fruits

karmanAm - of religious works

yajante - (people) worship

iha - here

dEvatah - dEvAS.

lOkE - In this world

mAnushE - of men,

siddhir - success

bhavati - occurs

kshipram hi - soon

karmajA - from the religious works.

 

Desiring fruits of religious works, (people) worship

here dEvAs. In this world of men, success occurs soon

from the religious works.

 

Commentary : People here are only interested in worldly

desires like sons, cattle, food or svargA. They want

quick results. They perform rituals, which consist of

worship of IndrA and other dEvAS, for obtaining such

desires like sons, cattle, food or svargA.

But no one feels distressed at this samsArA

of births and deaths. No one desires for final release or

mOkshA. So, they do not worship Me, who am the soul of

indrA and other dEvAs; giving up all attachment to fruits.

This is because they do not gain proper knowledge , due to

their endless accumulation of sins, from time immemorial.

So, they do not undertake karma yOgA of the kind taught by

Me so far, as a form of My worship.

 

adiyEn,

senthil

 

(Courtesy : Sri Visishtadvaita Research Centre)