Bhagavad Gita 4.35

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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 35

 

yaj jnAtvA na punar moham evam yAsyasi pAndava

yena bhUtAny asheshAni draksyasy Atmany atho mayi

 

Translation :

pAndava - ArjunA (son of PAndu),

jnAtvA - (that knowledge) knowing

yat - which

na yAsyasi - you will not get

punah - again

evam - such

moham - delusion

yena - by which (knowledge)

draksyasy - you will see

bhUtAny - all beings

asheshAni - with out exception

Atmany - in yourself

athah - and then

mayi - in Me also; (learn that knowledge)

 

ArjunA (son of PAndu), (that knowledge) knowing which

you will not get again such delusion by which (knowledge)

you will see all beings with out exception in yourself

and then in Me also;(learn that knowledge)

 

Commentary : With this knowledge, you will not get into the

confusion of mistaking that the body and the soul are the

same. You will not have attachments to worldly objects.

You will see in your own soul, the other souls

also , of dEvAs, men and so on ; because all the souls or

jivAtmAs are similar in nature and are solely of the form

of knowledge.

You will also see all souls in Me, because all

the souls, in their pure state, i.e, when they are liberated

are similar with My nature. The vEdAs also say that the wise

man, shaking of punyA and pApA , attains the highest degree

of equality with Brahman. Thus all souls, when free of

association with the prakriti, (i.e, when they are liberated)

are similar to one another and similar to Me, the Lord also.

 

adiyEn,

senthil

(Courtesy : Sri Visishtadvaita Research Centre)