श्रीमद् भगवद्गीता

मूल श्लोकः

अर्जुन उवाच

एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।

येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Ramanuja

।।12.1।।अर्जुन उवाच -- एवंमत्कर्मकृत् (गीता 11।55) इत्यादिना उक्तेन प्रकारेण सततयुक्ताः भगवन्तं त्वाम् एव परं प्राप्यं मन्वाना ये भक्ताः त्वां सकलविभूतियुक्तम् अनवधिकातिशयसौन्दर्यसौशील्यसार्वज्ञ्यसत्यसंकल्पत्वाद्यनन्दगुणसागरं परिपूर्णम् उपासते? ये च अपि अक्षरं प्रत्यगात्मस्वरूपं तद् एव च अव्यक्तं चक्षुरादिकरणेन अनभिव्यक्तस्वरूपम् उपासते? तेषाम् उभयेषां के योगवित्तमाः के स्वसाध्यं प्रति शीघ्रगामिनः इत्यर्थः।भवामि न चिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम्।। (गीता 12।7) इति उत्तरत्र योगवित्तमत्वं शैघ्र्यविषयम् इति हि व्यञ्जयिष्यते।

English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Adidevananda

12.1 Arjuna said These are two types of spiritual aspirants who are contrasted thus: (1) On the one hand there are those devotees who adore You 'thus'; namely, in the way taught in such text as 'Whosoever works for Me' (11.55), and who are desirous of being ever 'integrated' with You, namely, considering You as the supreme end. They adore You in utter devotion - You, the ocean of boundless attributes of limitless excellence like grace, affability, omniscience, true resolve etc., and endowed with all glory. (2) On the other hand there are those who meditate on the 'Imperishable', (Aksara) namely, the individual self in Its true nature, which is the same as the 'Unmanifest' (Avyakta), namely that whose nature cannot be grasped by organs such as the eye etc. The question posed is: Which of these two classes of devotees have greater knowledge of Yoga? Who would reach their respective goals sooner? Such is the meaning of the question. Sri Krsna clearly states later on, 'O Arjuna, I become before long their redeemer from the fatal sea of recurring births and deaths' (12.7), with reference to the speed with which the latter kind of devotees reach Him.

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

12.1 The subject-matter stated in the immediately preceding verse, '৷৷.he who works for Me,' etc. is referred to by the word evam (thus). Ye bhaktah, those devotees who, seeking no other refuge; evam, thus; satata-yuktah, being ever-devoted, i.e., remaining unceasingly engaged in the works of the Lord, etc., intent on the aforesaid purpose; paryupasate, meditate; tvam, on You, in the Cosmic form as revealed earlier; ye ca api, and those others, again, who have renounced all desires, who have given up all actions; who meditate on Brahman as described (below), aksaram, on the Immutable; avyaktam, on the Unmanifested, which is so on account of being bereft of all limiting adjuncts, (and) which is beyond the comprehension of the organs-in the world, whatever comes within the range of the organs is said to be manifest, for the root anj conveys that sense; but this Immutable is the opposite of that and is endowed with alifications that are spoken of by the great ones; those again, who meditate on that-; tesam, of them, among the two (groups); ke, who; are the yoga-vit-tamah, best experiencers of yoga, i.e., who are those that are surpassingly versed in yoga? But leave alone those who meditate on the Immutable, who are fully enlightened and are free from desires. Whatever has to be said with regard to them, we shall say later on. As for those others-