Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 339

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-10 Vibhūti Yogaḥ

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sargāṇām ādir-antaśca madhyaṃ caivāham arjuna |
adhyātma vidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatām aham || 32 ||

32. In relation to beings, I am the beginning and the end, and also the middle, O Arjuna. Among
sciences I am the science of the Self. In the discipline of debate, I am logical reasoning.

Commentary

Beings are all created things and I am their beginning or cause because I Myself am continually creating them. Similarly, I am the end, namely the destroyer of everything that is in the process of disintegration at all times. Similarly I am the middle, that is to say the sustainer of things that are being sustained at all times. Of those who investigate the truth through means of debate using the techniques of Jalpa (argument) and Vitaṇḍa (perverse criticism) etc., l am the technique of logical reasoning which determines the truth.

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