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Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries)

by Narayana Gosvami | 2013 | 327,105 words

The Bhagavad-gita Verse 4.35, English translation, including the Vaishnava commentaries Sarartha-varsini-tika, Prakashika-vritti and Rasika-ranjana (excerpts). This is verse 35 from the chapter 4 called “Jnana-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)�

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 4.35:

यज� ज्ञात्वा � पुनर� मोहम� एव� यास्यस� पाण्डव �
ये� भूतान्य् अशेषाण� द्रक्ष्यस्य् आत्मन्य् अथ� मय� � ३५ �

yaj ñٱ na punar moham eva� ⲹ ṇḍ |
yena bhūtāny śṣāṇ drakṣyasy ātmany atho mayi || 35 ||

yat–which (was taught by the ٲٳٱ-岹śī); ñٱ–after understanding; na–ndz; ܲԲ�–a; moham–into illusion; evam–s; –shall enter; ṇḍ–O son of Pāṇḍu; yena–by which (knowledge); ūԾ–all souls; śṣāṇ–a; ṣy–you shall perceive; ٳԾ–within Paramātmā; atho–that is to say; mayi–in Me.

O ṇḍ, after understanding such knowledge, you will never again be deluded. Through it, you will perceive all living beings as spirit souls, and you will see them in Me, the all-pervading Supersoul.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇ� Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla վśٳ 䲹ī Ṭhܰ; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings�)

In the next three and a half verses beginning here with the words yaj ñٱ, Śrī 󲹲 explains the fruit of knowledge. “After you have attained this knowledge, by which one knows the soul to be different from the body, your mind will not become deluded again. Upon attaining natural and eternally perfect knowledge of the self, your delusion will be removed and you will see all living beings–humans, animals, birds, etc.–as souls, separate from their external material coverings, or designations. In addition, you will see all of them situated in Me, the ultimate cause, as My effect (the ī-śپ).�

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇ� Prakāśikā-vṛtti

(By Śrīla Bhaktivedānta ⲹṇa ҴDz峾ī ѲᲹ; the explanation that illuminates the commentary named ٳ-ṣiṇ�)

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhܰ expresses ṛṣṇa’s mood. “Now, due to delusion, you are trying to give up your prescribed duty, which is to participate in battle, but when you have attained knowledge of the Absolute from your guru, you will no longer take shelter of delusion. By that knowledge you will be able to understand that all entities–human beings, animals, birds–are the same spiritual reality, as ī-ٲٳٱ. The gradations of their external forms, qualities and actions have occurred due to their material appearances, or mundane egoism. All ī are situated in Me, the Supreme Lord, who am the ultimate cause of everything. The individual ī are the effect of My potency.�

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