🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 11.39

11.39 वायुः Vayu? यमः Yama? अग्निः Agni? वरुणः Varuna? शशाङ्कः moon? प्रजापतिः Prajapati? त्वम् Thou? प्रपितामहः greatgrandfather? च and? नमःनमः salutations? ते to Thee? अस्तु be? सहस्रकृत्वः thousand times? पुनः again? च and? भूयः again? अपि also ? नमःनमः salutations? ते to Thee.Commentary Prajapati Marichi and others were the seven mindborn sons of Brahma. Kasyapa descended from Marichi and from Kasyapa came all other progeny. Therefore? Marichi? Kasyapa and others are known as Prajapatis or the gods or progeny. The word Prajapati here is interpreted by some as Kasyapa and other Prajapatis. But as the word has been used here in the singular number it is appropriate to take Brahma as Prajapati. Brahma is the grandfather (Pitamaha) of Kasyapa. Brahma or the Hiranyagarbha is the Karya Brahman (effect). Isvara is the Karana Brahman (the cause for Brahma). Therefore? Isvara is the greatgrandfather. He is the father of,even Brahma.Isvara has Maya as the limiting adjunct. Maya is His causal body. Isvara has no plane. Maya is in an undifferentiated state. She is in a state where the alities of Nature (Gunas) are in eilibrium. When the eilibrium is disturbed through the will of Isvara? the three Gunas? Brahma? Vishnu and Siva manifest.Thou art the moon alludes to and includes the sun also.Punah? Bhuyah Again. Salutations a thousand times and again salutations. This indicates that Arjuna had intense faith in and boundless devotion for Lord Krishna. He was not satisfied even if he prostrated himself a thousand times.

11.39 You are vayuh, Air; yamah, Death; and agnih, Fire; varunah, the god of the waters; sasankah, the moon; prajapatih, the Lord of the creatures- Kasyapa and others [See note on p.2.-Tr.]; and pra-pitamahah, the Great-grandfather, i.e. the Father ever of Brahma (Hiranyagarbha). Namo, salutations; namah, salutation; astu, be; te, to You; sahasra-krtvah, a thousand times. Punah ca bhuyah api namo te, salutation to You again and again; namah, salutation! The suffix krtvasuc (after sahasra) indicates performance and repetition of the act of salutation a number of times. The words punah ca bhuyah api (again and again) indicate his own dissatisfaction [Dissatisfaction with only a few salutations.] owing to abundance of reverence and devotion. So also,

11.39 You alone are the great-grandsire of all and also grandfather etc. The Prajapatis are the fathers of all creatures. Hiranyagarbha (Brahma), the father of the Prajapatis, is the grandsire of all creatures. You, being the father of even Hiranyagarbha, are great grandfather of all creatures. You alone are denoted by the several terms by which these beings are known. Such is the meaning. Beholding the Lord in a most marvellous form, Arjuna, bent with great awe, saluted Him from all sides with his eyes widely open from joy.

11.39 See comment under 11.40.

।।11.39।। अब तक अर्जुन भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण के पर? अक्षर और निर्गुण स्वरूप का स्तुतिगान कर रहा था। एक उपासक के मन में यह प्रश्न आ सकता है कि इस सर्वातीत निर्गुण स्वरूप सत्य का उसके अपने इष्ट देवता (उपास्य) के साथ निश्चित रूप से क्या सम्बन्ध है। प्राचीनकाल में प्राय प्राकृतिक शक्तियों के अधिष्ठातृ देवताओं की श्रद्धापूर्वक आराधना? प्रार्थना और उपासना की जाती थी।वेदकालीन साधकगण अन्तकरण की शुद्धि तथा एकाग्रता के लिए जिन देवताओं की उपासना करते थे? उनमें प्रमुख वायु? यम? अग्नि? वरुण (जल का देवता)? शशांङ्क (चन्द्रमा) और सृष्टिकर्ता प्रजापति। इन देवताओं का आह्वान स्त्रोतगान? पूजा तथा यज्ञयागादि के द्वारा किया जाता था। उस काल के शिक्षित वर्ग के लोगों के मन को भी ईश्वर के यही रूप इष्ट थे। प्राय सर्वत्र? लोग साधन को ही साध्य (लक्ष्य) समझने की गलती करते हैं। परन्तु? यहाँ अर्जुन प्रामाणिक ज्ञान के आधार पर यह दर्शाता है कि वस्तुत अनन्त तत्त्व ही समस्त देवताओं का मूल स्वरूप है। तथापि उस अनन्त को अर्जुन भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण के रूप में देखता है।वेदान्त का यह सिद्धांत है कि एक ही परमात्मा विविध उपाधियों के द्वारा व्यक्त होकर इन देवताओं के रूप में प्राप्त होता है। वर्तमान काल में भी भक्तगण अपने इष्ट देवता के रूप में परमेश्वर का आह्वान कर अपने इष्ट को ही देवाधिदेव कहते हैं। इस देवेश को ही अर्जुन प्रणाम करता है।