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Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya
Chapter-7 Adhyātma Yogaḥ
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CommentaryHere, other practitioners distinct from those already mentioned in the previous verse are to be understood, because of the repetition of the term ‘those’ (ye). The declaration — “those who know Me as being associated with the higher material entities’ (adhibhūta) and ‘with that which is superior to the gods’ (adhidaiva) that is, the ātman in its sovereignty “— appears to be a repetition, but it is really an injunction, because there is no other way of understanding it. The statement of knowing Krishna as being ‘connected with the sacrifice’ (adhiyajña) is also a clear injunction directed at all the three classes of spiritual aspirants (1. the distressed, 2. the ambitious and 3. the seekers of knowledge) without any exception, because of the perpetual nature of the subject (ie. the sacrifice). None of these three types of aspirants should ever give up the performance of the Five Great Sacrifices (pañca-mahāyajña) as well as the daily and periodical ritual obligations. ‘They will realise Me also at the hour of death’ — in a way corresponding with their desired objectives. Because of the use of the term ‘ca’ (too) in ‘they too’ — those who have been mentioned before in the previous verse as ‘striving for release from old age and death’ are also included among those knowing Krishna at the hour of death. By this it may be understood that even the wise (Jñanin) know Krishna as associated with the sacrifice on account of the subject under discussion (ie., sacrifice). hariḥ oṃ tatsat iti śrīmad bhagavadgītāsupaniṣatsu brahma-vidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrī kṛṣṇārjuna saṃvāde jñāna vijñāna yoga nāma saptamo’dhyāyaḥ Thus in the Upanishads of the Glorious Bhagavad Gita The science of the Eternal, the Scripture of Yoga The dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna Ends the seventh discourse entitled “Communion through Knowledge & Realisation” |
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