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तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः।

गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः।।5.17।।

Hindi Translation By Swami Ramsukhdas

।।5.17।। जिनकी बुद्धि तदाकार हो रही है, जिनका मन तदाकार हो रहा है, जिनकी स्थिति परमात्मतत्वमें है, ऐसे परमात्मपरायण साधक ज्ञानके द्वारा पापरहित होकर अपुनरावृत्ति (परमगति) को प्राप्त होते हैं।

Hindi Commentary By Swami Chinmayananda

।।5.17।। शास्त्रों के गहन अध्ययन के द्वारा साधक अपने व्यक्तित्व के सभी पक्षों के साथ आत्मयुक्त हो जाता है। बुद्धि आत्मस्वरूप का निश्चय करके उसमें ही स्थित हो जाती है और उसके मन की प्रत्येक भावना ईश्वर की ही स्तुति का गान करती है। अनन्त आनन्दस्वरूप को आत्मरूप से पहचान कर साधक की उसमें निष्ठा हो जाती है। ऐसे व्यक्ति के लिए अपरिच्छिन्न और अपरिच्छेद्य आत्मा के अतिरिक्त अन्य कोई परम लक्ष्य नहीं हो सकता।शास्त्राध्ययन के द्वारा जो व्यक्ति अपने सत्यात्मस्वरूप का ज्ञान प्राप्त कर लेता है उसके लिए पुन राग या द्वेष के बन्धन में आने का अवसर या कारण ही नहीं रह जाता। यही शास्त्राध्ययन का फल है। अध्ययन के पश्चात् आवश्यकता होती है उस ज्ञान के अनुसार जीवन जीने की अर्थात् उस ज्ञान के आचरण की। अध्ययन और आचरण से ही स्वस्वरूप में अवस्थान सम्भव हो सकता है।स्वरूप में अवस्थान प्राप्त पुरुष का पुनर्जन्म नहीं होता। इसका कारण क्या है हम कैसेे कह सकते हैं कि ज्ञान के उपरान्त पुन अहंकार उत्पन्न नहीं होगा ज्ञानी पुरुषों के लिए प्रयुक्त ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषा इस विशेषण के द्वारा भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण उपर्युक्त प्रश्न का उत्तर देते हैं। कल्मष अर्थात् पाप से तात्पर्य वासनाओं से है। वासनाओं से उत्पन्न होता है अहंकार। वेदान्त में वासना को ही आत्मअज्ञान कहते हैं। अज्ञान के विरोधी आत्मज्ञान का उदय होने पर दुखदायक अज्ञान अंधकार का विनाश हो जाता है और उसके साथ ही तज्जनित अहंकार भी नष्ट हो जाता है। तत्पश्चात् अहंकार पुन जन्म नहीं ले सकता क्योंकि ज्ञान की उपस्थिति में अज्ञान लौटकर नहीं आ सकता। कारण के ही अभाव में कार्यरूप अहंकार कैसे उत्पन्न हो सकता है इस श्लोक में हमें विश्व के सबसे आशावादी तत्त्वज्ञान के दर्शन होते हैं जहाँ स्पष्ट घोषणा की गई है कि आत्मसाक्षात्कार जीव के विकास का चरम लक्ष्य है। परम तत्त्व की अनुभूति विकास के सोपान की अन्तिम सीढ़ी है जिसे प्राप्त करने के लिए ही जीव स्वनिर्मित विषयों के बन्धनों में यत्रतत्र भटकता रहता है।ज्ञान के द्वारा जिनका अज्ञान नष्ट हो जाता है वे ज्ञानी पुरुष किस प्रकार तत्त्व को देखते हैं उत्तर है

English Commentary By Swami Sivananda

5.17 तद्बुद्धयः intellect absorbed in That, तदात्मानः their self being That, तन्निष्ठाः established in That, तत्परायणाः with That for their supreme goal, गच्छन्ति go, अपुनरावृत्तिम् not again returning, ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः,those whose sins have been dispelled by knowledge.

Commentary:
They fix their intellects on Brahman or the Supreme Self. They feel and realise that Brahman is their self. By constant and protracted meditation, they get established in Brahman. The whole world of names and forms vanishes for them. They live in Brahman alone. They have Brahman alone as their supreme goal or sole refuge. They rejoice in the Self alone. They are satisfied in the Self alone. They are contented in the Self alone. Such men never come back to this Samsara, as their sins are dispelled by knowledge (BrahmaJnana). (Cf.IX.34)

English Translation By Swami Adidevananda

5.17 Those whose intellects pursue It (the self), whose minds think about It, who undergo discipline for It, and who hold It as their highest object, have their impurities cleansed by knowledge and go whence there is no return.

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

5.17 Those who have their intellect absorbed in That, whose Self is That, who are steadfast in That, who have That as their supreme Goal-they attain the state of non-returning, their dirt having been removed by Knowledge.

English Translation By Swami Sivananda

5.17 Their intellect absorbed in That, their self being That, established in That, with That for their supreme goal, they go whence there is no return, their sins dispelled by knowledge.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

5.17 Tat-buddhayah, those who have their intellect absorbed in That, [Here Ast. reads 'tasmin brahmani, in that Brahman'.-Tr.] in the supreme Knowledge which has been revealed; tat-atmanah, whose Self is That, who have That (tat) supreme Brahman Itself as their Self (atma); tat-nisthah, who are steadfast in That-nistha is intentness, exclusive devotion; they are called tat-nisthah who become steadfast only in Brahman by renouncing all actions; and tat-parayanah, who have That as their supreme (para) Goal (ayana), who have That alone as their supreme Resort, i.e. who are devoted only to the Self; those who have got their ignorance destroyed by Knowledge-those who are of this kind-, they gacchanti, attain; apunaravrttim, the state of non-returning, non-association again with a body; jnana-nirdhuta-kalmasah, their dirt having been removed, destroyed, by Knowledge. Those whose dirt (kalmasa), the defect in the form of sin etc., which are the cause of transmigration, have been removed, destryed (nirdhuta), by the aforesaid Knowledge (jnana) are jnana-nirdhuta-kalmasah, i.e. the monks. How do those learned ones, whose ignorance regarding the Self has been destroyed by Knowledge, look upon Reality? That is being stated:

English Translation of Abhinavgupta's Sanskrit Commentary By Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

5.17 Because it is only the inherent nature that exerts thus, therefore [the Lord] says that the men, who have destroyed their illusion would remain as follows -

English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Adidevananda

5.17 'Those whose intellects pursue It,' i.e., those who have determined to have the vision of the self in this way; 'those whose minds think about It,' i.e., those whose minds have the self for their aim, those who undergo discipline for It, i.e., those who are devoted to the practices for Its attainment; 'those who hold It as their highest object,' i.e., those who consider It as their highest goal - such persons, having their previous impurities cleansed by the knowledge which is practised in this way, attain the self as taught. 'From that state there is no return' - the state from which there is no return means the state of the self. The meaning is that they attain the self which rests in Its own nature.

English Translation By By Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

5.17. Those, who have their intellect and self (mind) gone to This; who have established themselves in This and have This [alone] as their supreme goal; and who have washed off their sins by means of [perfect] knowledge-they reach a state from which there is no more return.

English Translation by Shri Purohit Swami

5.17 Meditating on the Divine, having faith in the Divine, concentrating on the Divine and losing themselves in the Divine, their sins dissolved in wisdom, they go whence there is no return.