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Bhagavadgita 8.3

Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 8.3

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Sanskrit

8.3

śrī-bhagavān uvāca ---
akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo 'dhyātmam ucyate |
bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasaṃjñitaḥ ||
tadbrahmeti nirdiṣṭaṃ paramam akṣaraṃ na kṣaratīty akṣaram, kṣetrajñasamaṣṭirūpam / tathā ca śrutiḥ, "avyaktam akṣare līyate akṣaraṃ tamasi līyate" ityādikā / paramam akṣaraṃ prakṛtivinirmuktam ātmasvarūpam / svabhāvo 'dhyātmam ucyate / svabhāvaḥ prakṛtiḥ / anātmabhūtam, ātmani saṃbadhyamānaṃ bhūtasūkṣmatadvāsanādikaṃ pañcāgnividyāyāṃ jñātavyatayoditam / tadubhayaṃ prāpyatayā tyājyatayā ca mumukṣubhir jñātavyam / bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasaṃjñitaḥ / bhūtabhāvaḥ manuṣyādibhāvaḥ; tadudbhavakaro yo visargaḥ, "pañcamyām āhutāv āpaḥ puruṣavacaso bhavanti" iti śrutisiddho yoṣitsaṃbandhajaḥ, sa karmasaṃjñitaḥ / tac cākhilaṃ sānubandham udvejanīyatayā, pariharaṇīyatayā ca mumukṣubhir jñātavyam
/ pariharaṇīyatayā cānantaram eva vakṣyate, "yad icchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti" iti //

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