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Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya
Chapter-12 Bhakti Darśana Yogaḥ
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Commentary“Those who meditate on the Imperishable Principle (individual Self) in this way, even they come to Me — this means that they realise that the Jīva is not subject to birth and death and is of a similar nature to Myself.” Sri Krishna will refer to ‘those who have attained similar qualities to me’ [1]. The Veda also declares: — [the enlightened one] ‘untainted, attains the highest degree of equality’ [2]. Accordingly Krishna will declare [in 15.16-17] that the Supreme Brahman is different from the liberated Jīva devoid of modification and here denoted by the terms ‘Imperishable’ (Akṣara), and ‘unchanging’ (Kutastha) — ‘The Highest Person is other than this Imperishable’ In the teaching of the Imperishable Doctrine [3] what is designated by the term Akṣara is the Supreme Brahman Himself; for He is the source of all created beings. ‘Now that higher science by which that Akṣara is known’ [4] Greater is the vexation of those whose minds are attached to the unmanifest — ‘the path of the unmanifest’ consists of directing the thought process at the unmanifest as its objective. It is accomplished only with difficulty by embodied beings, who are under the delusion that the body is the Self. For, embodied beings [generally] identify the Self with the physical body. Sri Krishna now teaches very clearly how devotees are the wisest of seekers:— |
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