Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 249

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-7 Adhyātma Yogaḥ

vedāhaṃ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna | bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṃ tu veda na kaścana || 26 || 26. I know all beings, O Arjuna, that have been in the past, those now in the present and those yet to come; but no one knows Me. icchā-dveṣa samutthena dvandva mohena bhārata | sarva bhūtāni saṃmohaṃ sarge yānti paraṅtapa || 27 || 27. By the phantasm of the pairs of opposites arising from desire and aversion, O Arjuna, all beings are subject to delusion as soon as they are born. Commentary Desire for pleasure and aversion from suffering is the dichotomy caused by the Gunas. They have their origin in the experiences of previous births. These experiences create subtle impressions (samskāras) in the mind and manifest again, in every succeeding birth as an instinctive attraction and aversion towards those similar objects. These mental habitual tendencies (vāsanas) are a delusive force acting from the very moment of birth. One develops an inherent fondness or aversion for specific [material] things, instead of feeling joy in communion with Krishna and misery at separation from Him — as does the wise.