Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 225

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-6 Dhyāna Yogaḥ

yoginām api sarveṣāṃ mad-gatenāntarātmanā | śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṃ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ || 47 || 47. And among all the Yogis and also with all others, one whose inner self is directed to Me, who worships Me with faith — such a one is deemed by Me to be the most accomplished. Commentary 'Yoginām' — is in the genitive case here, and has to be taken in the sense of the ablative. In verse 29 Yogis of four levels of spiritual attainment were mentioned. Since the Yogi who is now mentioned in this passage cannot be included in the four types mentioned earlier, the genitive case specifying one out of many will be inappropriate here. In the clause ‘api sarveśām,' the word 'sarva' (all) refers to the ascetics, intellectuals and ritualists. According to the grammatical principle set forth, here also the case ending has to be taken as ablative. The meaning therefore is that the Yogi who is now referred to, is the most integrated compared with those mentioned earlier, and all other types. Compared to this Yogin, the differences in points of superiority and inferiority among the other Yogis such as the practicing austerities, possessing wisdom or performing rituals, are of no significance — like mustard-seeds compared to Mount Meru. Even though there exists smallness and largeness in relation to one another among mustard-seeds, still when compared to Meru, such distinctions among them have no significance, as they are all tiny compared to Meru.