Bhagavad Gita -Madhvacharya 48

Bhagavad Gita -Sri Madhvacharya

(Bhashya and Tatparya Nirnaya)

Chapter 2 Sankhya Yoga The attributes which appear contradictory in normal context, there should be no doubt when spoken about the Lord in scripture. Faults perceived during reflection or non-reflection are due to ignorance. They do not exist in relity. (Therefore the attributes) are self-evident thus in the Suparna section of Rigveda. “The One only, without the second; there was nothing else whatsoever. The Death was enveloped by Death. Nothing else was visible. Like the waters that have fallen on the mountains flow down in various streams, whoever sees the attributes of Lord in various manifested forms goes down in merit: Whoever sees even little of difference, in tile descents in the form Kurma (tortoise) and others, in his attributes and actions, and also in the different parts of His body, he will repair to the (world of) darkness. Therefore, the person who desires to know the Lord should know Him as indivisible”. One without a second. There is nothing of diversity here. Whoever perceives any thing like multiplicity here goes death to death. Even if any difference is seen in the forms, attributes, actions and limbs of Mataya, Kurma and others the same should be understood to be the result of common understanding. There is no distinctive difference whatsoever between special attribute and special manifestation or in his distinctive attribute and indivisible aspect. There is similarity in all respects in His manifested form and His original form. There is no difference between His special attribute and His special strength. Mataya, Kurma, Varaha, Nrisimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, a Buddha and Kalki; Vyasa, Mahidas, Datta, Dhanvantari, Yajnya, Kapila, Hamsa, Tapasa, Shimshumara, Hayagreeva, Hari, Krishna son of Dharma, Narayana all these are the forms of Sriman Narayan Himself. Brahma, Rudra, Shesha, Garuda, Indra, and also Narada, Sanatkumar, Manmatha, Aniruddha, Ganapati and weapons like Sudarshana. Emperors like Prithu are all manifestations of Sri Vishnu. These Jivas being subject to Samsara are separate From Sri Hari.