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वेदान्तकृद्वेदविदेव चाहम्।।15.15।।

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Ramanuja

।।15.15।।तयोः सोमवैश्वानरयोः सर्वस्य भूतजातस्य च सकलप्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिमूलज्ञानोदयदेशे हृदि सर्वं मत्संकलपेन नियच्छन् अहम् आत्मतया सन्निविष्टः।

तथा आहुः श्रुतयः -- अन्तःप्रविष्टः शास्ता जनानां सर्वात्मा (तै0 आ0 3।11)यः पृथिव्यां तिष्ठन् (बृह0 उ₀ 3।7।3)यः आत्मनि तिष्ठन्नात्मनोऽन्तरो यमयति। (बृह0 उ₀ 3।7।22)पद्मकोशप्रतीकांश हृदयं चाप्यधोमुखम्। (तै0 ना0 11)अथ यदिदमस्मिन् ब्रह्मपुरे दहरं पुण्डरीकं वेश्म (छा0 उ₀ 8।1।1) इत्याद्याः।

स्मृतयः चशास्ता विष्णुरशेषस्य जगतो यो जगन्मयः। (वि0 पु0 1।17।20)प्रशासितारं सर्वेषामणीयांसमणीयसाम्। (मनु0 12।122)यमो वैवस्वतो राजा यस्तवैष हृदि स्थितः। (मनु0 8।92) इत्याद्याः।अतो मत्तः एव सर्वेषां स्मृतिः जायते? स्मृतिः पूर्वानुभूतविषयम् अनुभवसंस्कारमात्रजं ज्ञानम्। ज्ञानम् इन्द्रियलिङ्गागमयोगजो वस्तुनिश्चयः? सः अपि मत्तः। अपोहनं च? अपोहनं ज्ञाननिवृत्तिः।अपोहनम् ऊहनं वा ऊहनं ऊहः? ऊहो नाम -- इदं प्रमाणम् इत्थं प्रवर्तितुम् अहर्ति इति प्रमाणप्रवृत्त्यर्हताविषयं सामग्यादिनिरूपणजन्यं प्रमाणानुग्राहकं ज्ञानम् ऊहो नाम वितर्कः? स च मत्त एव।वेदैः च सर्वैः अहम् एव वेद्यः। अतः अग्निवायुसूर्यसोमेन्द्रादीनां मदन्तर्यामिकत्वेन मदात्मकत्वात् तत्प्रतिपादनपरैः अपि सर्वैः वेदैः अहम् एव वेद्यः? देवमनुष्यादिशब्दैः जीवात्मा इव।

वेदान्तकृत् वेदानाम् इन्द्रं यजेत् (शत0 ब्रा0 5।1।6)वरुणं यजेत (शत0 ब्रा0 2।3।37) इति एवमादीनाम् अन्तः फलं फले हि ते सर्वे वेदाः पर्यवस्यन्ति? अन्तकृत् फलकृत्? वेदोदितफलस्य प्रदाता च अहम् एव इत्यर्थः।

तदुक्तं पूर्वम् एव -- यो यो यां यां तुनं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति। (गीता 7।21) इत्यारभ्यलभते च ततः कामान् मयैव विहितान् हि तान्। (गीता 7।22) इतिअहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।। (गीता 9।24) इति च।वेदविद् एव च अहम् वेदवित् च अहम् एव? एवं मदभिधायिनं वेदम् अहम् एव वेद। इतः अन्यथा यो वेदार्थं ब्रूते? न स वेदविद् इति अभिप्रायः।अतः मत्त एव सर्व वेदानां सारभूतम् अर्थं श्रृणु --

English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Adidevananda

15.15 Controlling everything by My will, I exist as 'the self in their hearts', namely, in the place from which springs knowledge, the root of activity and inactivity of all beings as also of the Soma and digestive fire. So the Srutis declare in the following texts: 'Entering within, He is the ruler of all things and the Self of all' (Tai. A., 3.11), 'He who, dwelling in the earth ৷৷. He who, dwelling in the self, is within the self ৷৷. who controls the earth' (Br. U. Madh., 3.7. 3. 22); 'The heart which is comparable to an inverted lotus-bud' (Ma. Na., 11.7); and 'Now, here, in the city of brahman, is an abode, a small lotus-flower' (Cha. U., 8.1.1). The Smrtis also declare thus: 'Visnu is the ruler of the whole universe, who permeates the universe' (V. P., 1.17. 20), 'He is the ruler of all, who is minutely small among those who are minutely small (Manu., 12.122); and 'He is the controller, the judge, the King, who is seated in your heart' (Ibid., 8.92). Therefore, the memory of all beings springs from Me alone. 'Memory' is knowledge springing from experience and its subtle impressions. They have for their contents past experiences. 'Knowledge' is determination of a thing through the senses, inference, the scriptures and intuitive meditation. This is also from Me. So does 'Apohana' too. 'Apohana' signifies the cessation of knowledge. 'Apohana' may also mean 'Uhana' (conjectural knowledge). Uhana is 'Uha' (conjecture). 'Uha' is that knowledge which is accessory to the actual means of knowledge (Pramana). It is done by determining whether that means of knowledge can be operative with reference to the particular subject-matter on hand, through the examination of the instruments of that means of knowledge (Pramana). This 'Uha' also comes from Me. Indeed 'I am to be known from all the Vedas,' for I am the inner ruler of Agni, Surya, Soma, Vayu, Sun and Indra and other divinities as their self. The Vedas are intent on speaking of them (i.e., the divinities). 'I am to be known from all the Vedas; for, terms like gods, men etc., signify the individual selves in them. I bring about the fruition of the Veda. 'Vedanta', here means the end, namely, the fruition, of Vedic injunctions like 'Let sacrifice be made to Indra' and 'Let sacrifice be made to Varuna.' For, all Vedas find their consummation in fruition. 'Antakrt' means grantor of fruits. The meaning is: 'I alone am the grantor of the fruition described in the Vedas.' This has been already declared in the verses beginning from, 'Whichever devotee seeks to worship with faith whatever form' and ending with, 'From that faith he gets the objects of his desire, granted in reality by Me alone' (7.21 - 22); and also 'I am the enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrifices' (9.24). I am the knower of the Vedas; I know the Veda that speaks about Me. The sense is that he who speaks of the meaning of the Vedas as otherwise than this import, is not the knower of the Vedas. Therefore, listen from Me alone the meaning or the essene of the Vedas.

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

15.15 And aham, I, as the Self; san-nivistah, am seated; hrdi, in the hearts, in the intellects; sarvasya, of all creatures. Therefore, with regard to all the creatures, mattah, from Me, from the Self; are Smrtih, memory; jnanam, knowledge; and their apohanam, loss. The knowledge and memory of these creatures who perform good deeds come from Me in accordance with the good deeds; similarly, the loss, deterioration, of memory and knowledge of those who perform evil deeds comes from Me in accordance with the evil deeds. Aham eva, I alone, the supreme Self; am the vedyah, object to be known; sarvaih, through all; vedaih, the Vedas. I am also the vedanta-krt, the originator of the Vedanta, i.e., the source of the traditional school of the teachings of Vedanta; and aham eva, I Myself; am the veda-vit, knower of the Vedas, the knower of the teachings of the Vedas. In the verses beginning with, 'That light in the sun which৷৷.' (12), etc. have been stated briefly the majesty of God, the Lord called Naravana, which arise from special limiting adjuncts. Now then, the succeeding verses are begun with a view to determining the real nature of that very Lord as the Unconditioned and Absolute, by distinguishing Him from the limiting adjuncts, (viz) the mutable and the immutable. In that connection, after dividing into three parts [The two limiting adjuncts-the mutable and the immutable-, and the supreme Self.] all the teachings of the preceding and the immediately succeeding chapters, the Lord says: