Bhagavad-gita with four Commentaries [sanskrit]
140,673 words | ISBN-10: 8189564072 | ISBN-13: 9788189564070
The Sanskrit edition of the Bhagavad Gita with four commentaries: (1) The Subodhini by Shridhara (Sridhara Swami), (2) The Gudharthadipika by Madhusudana (Saraswati), (3) The Sararthavarshini by Vishvanatha (Vishwanath Chakravarti) and (4) The Gitabhushana by Baladeva (Vidyabhushan). Original titles: Bhagavadgītā (भगवद्गीता), Śrīdhara (श्रीधर), Madhusūdana (मधुसूदन), Viśvanātha (विश्वनाथ), Baladeva (बलदेव)
Verse 18.19
jñānaṃ karma ca kartā ca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ |
procyate guṇasaṃkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi ||19||
The Subodhinī commentary by Śrīdhara
tataḥ kiṃ ? ata āha jñānamiti | guṇāḥ samyakkāryabhedena khyāyate pratipādyante'sminniti guṇasaṅkhyānaṃ sāṅkhyaśāstram | tasmin jñānaṃ ca karma ca kartā ca pratyekaṃ sattvādiguṇabhedena tridhaivocyate | tānyapi jñānādīni vakṣyamāṇāni yathāvatśṛṇu | tridhaivetyevakāro guṇatrayopādhivyatirekeṇātmanaḥ svataḥ karmāṇi pratiṣedhārthaḥ | caturdeśe'dhyāye tatra sattvaṃ nirmalatvādityādinā guṇānāṃ bandhakatvaprakāro nirūpitaḥ | saptadaśe'dhyāye yajante sāttvikā devānityādinā guṇakṛtatrividhasvabhāvanirūpaṇena rajastamaḥsvabhāvaṃ parityajya sāttvikāhārādisevayā sāttvikaḥ svabhāvaḥ sampādanīya
ityuktam | iha tu kriyākārakaphalādīnāmātmasambandho nāstīti darśayituṃ sarveṣāṃ triguṇātmakatvamucyate iti viśeṣo jñātavyaḥ ||19||
The Gītābhūṣaṇa commentary by Baladeva
jñānamiti guṇasaṅkhyāne guṇanirūpake śāstre caturdaśe tatra sattvaṃ nirmalatvādityādinā guṇānāṃ bandhakatāprakāraḥ | saptadaśe yajante sāttvikā devānityādinā guṇakṛtasvabhāvabhedaścoktaḥ | iha tu guṇasaṃjñānāṃ jñānādīnāṃ traividhyamucyata iti bodhyam ||19||
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