Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 300

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-9 Rāja-vidyā Rāja--guhya Yogaḥ

ahaṃ hi sarva-yajñānāṃ bhoktā ca prabhur-eva ca | na tu mām-abhijānanti tattvenātaś-cyavanti te || 24 || 24. For, I alone am the enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices. They do not recognise Me in My true nature; hence they fall. Commentary I am the only Lord means that “I alone am the bestower of the rewards of all sacrifices.” How wonderful indeed, that exactly the same type of [ritual] action, yields totally different results through the difference in intention (saṅkalpa); some experience a very trifling reward with the return [to Samsāra], while others receive a reward in the form of attainment of the Supreme Being which is absolute, limitless, and incomparable! Sri Krishna explains this: —