🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 11.55
Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga · "The Yoga of the Universal-Form Vision" · Verse 55 of 55
मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः।
निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव।।11.55।।
🪷 English Translations
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Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition
11.55 He whose every action is done for My sake, to whom I am the final goal, who loves Me only and hates no one - O My dearest son, only he can realize Me!"
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
11.55 He who does all actions for Me, who looks upon Me as the Supreme, who is devoted to Me, who is free from attachment, who bears enmity towards no creature, he comes to Me, O Arjuna.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
11.55 Pandava, O son of Pandu; yah, he who; mat-karma-krt, works for Me: work for Me is mat-karma; one who does it is mat-karma-krt-.
Mat-paramah, who accepts Me as the supreme Goal: A servant does work for his master, but does not accept the master as his own supreme Goal to be attained after death; his one, however, who does work for Me, accepts Me alone as the supreme Goal. Thus he is matparamah-one to whom I am the supreme Goal-.
So also he who is madbhaktah, devoted to me: He adores Me alone in all ways, with his whole being and full enthusiasm. Thus he is madbhaktah-.
Sanga-varjitah, who is devoid of attachment for wealth, sons, friends, wife and relatives, Sanga means fondness, love; devoid of them-.
Nirvairah, who is free from enmity; sarva-bhutesu, towards all beings-berefit of the idea of enmity even towards those engaged in doing unmost harm to him-.
Sah, he who is such a devotee of Mine; eti, attains; mam, Me. I alone am his supreme Goal; he does not attain any other goal. This is the advice for you, given by Me as desired by you.
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
11.55 Whosoever performs all acts like the study of the Vedas described above, considering them as several modes of worship, 'he works for Me.' He who 'looks upon Me as the highest,' namely, one to whom I alone am the highest purpose in all his enterprises, has Me as 'the highest end.' He who is 'devoted to me,' i.e., is greatly devoted to me and hence unable to sustain himself without reciting My names, praising Me, meditating upon Me, worshipping Me, saluting Me etc., he who performs these always considering Me as the supreme end - he is My devotee. He is 'free from attachments,' as he is attached to me alone, and is therefore unable to have attachment to any other entity. He who is without hatred towards any being, is one who fulfils all the following conditions: his nature is to feel pleasure or pain solely on account of his union or separation from Me; he considers his own sins to be the cause of his sufferings (and not the work of others); he is confirmed in his faith that all beings are dependent on the Parama-purusa. For all these reasons he has no hatred for any one.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
11.55. He, who performs actions for [attaining] Me; who regards Me as his supreme goal; who is devoted to Me; who is free from attachment; and who is free from hatred towards all beings-he attains me, O son of Pandu !
🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद
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🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī tradition · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur · highest modern Hindi reading
।।11.55।। हे पाण्डवन ! जो मेरे लिये ही कर्म करनेवाला, मेरे ही परायण और मेरा ही भक्त है तथा सर्वथा आसक्तिरहित और प्राणिमात्रके साथ निर्वैर है, वह भक्त मेरेको प्राप्त होता है।
🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices
The classical commentary tradition rendered in English · each ācārya speaks from their own sampradāya · the seer chooses the depth of darśana.
Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
11.55 मत्कर्मकृत् does actions for Me? मत्परमः looks on Me as the Supreme? मद्भक्तः is devoted to Me? सङ्गवर्जितः is freed from attachment? निर्वैरः without enmity? सर्वभूतेषु towards all creatures? यः who? सः he? माम् to Me? एति goes? पाण्डव O Arjuna.Commentary This is the essence of the whole teaching of the Gita. He who practises this teaching will attain Supreme Bliss and Immortality. This verse contains the summary of the entire philosophy of the Gita.He who performs actions (duties) for the sake of the Lord? who consecrates all his actions to Him? who serves the Lord with his heart and soul? who regards the Lord as his supreme goal? who lives for Him alone? who works for Him alone? who sees the Lord in everything? who sees the whole world as the Cosmic Form of the Lord and therefore cherishes no feeling of hatred or enmity towards any creature even when great injury has been done by others to him? who has no attachment or love to wealth? children? wife? friends and relatives? and who seeks nothing else but the Lord? realises Him and enters into His Being. He becomes one with Him.Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita? the science of the Eternal? the scripture of Yoga? the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna? ends the eleventh discourse entitledThe Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form.,
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
11.55 Pandava, O son of Pandu; yah, he who; mat-karma-krt, works for Me: work for Me is mat-karma; one who does it is mat-karma-krt-.
Mat-paramah, who accepts Me as the supreme Goal: A servant does work for his master, but does not accept the master as his own supreme Goal to be attained after death; his one, however, who does work for Me, accepts Me alone as the supreme Goal. Thus he is matparamah-one to whom I am the supreme Goal-.
So also he who is madbhaktah, devoted to me: He adores Me alone in all ways, with his whole being and full enthusiasm. Thus he is madbhaktah-.
Sanga-varjitah, who is devoid of attachment for wealth, sons, friends, wife and relatives, Sanga means fondness, love; devoid of them-.
Nirvairah, who is free from enmity; sarva-bhutesu, towards all beings-berefit of the idea of enmity even towards those engaged in doing unmost harm to him-.
Sah, he who is such a devotee of Mine; eti, attains; mam, Me. I alone am his supreme Goal; he does not attain any other goal. This is the advice for you, given by Me as desired by you.
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
11.55 Whosoever performs all acts like the study of the Vedas described above, considering them as several modes of worship, 'he works for Me.' He who 'looks upon Me as the highest,' namely, one to whom I alone am the highest purpose in all his enterprises, has Me as 'the highest end.' He who is 'devoted to me,' i.e., is greatly devoted to me and hence unable to sustain himself without reciting My names, praising Me, meditating upon Me, worshipping Me, saluting Me etc., he who performs these always considering Me as the supreme end - he is My devotee. He is 'free from attachments,' as he is attached to me alone, and is therefore unable to have attachment to any other entity. He who is without hatred towards any being, is one who fulfils all the following conditions: his nature is to feel pleasure or pain solely on account of his union or separation from Me; he considers his own sins to be the cause of his sufferings (and not the work of others); he is confirmed in his faith that all beings are dependent on the Parama-purusa. For all these reasons he has no hatred for any one.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
11.54-55 Bhaktya etc. Mat-karma etc. Those, whose devotion, charming by the absence of any other object in it, bursts forth-to the field of realisation of those persons descends the Vasudea - tattva, the Absolute being, without any effort (on their part) just on account of their appreciation of the advice given earlier as 'Having the realisation that Vasudeva is all, one takes refuge in Me. etc.'
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।11.55।। अर्जुन ने यह सुना कि अनन्यभक्ति के द्वारा कोई भी भक्त? भगवान् के समष्टि वैभव को न केवल पहचान ही सकता है? वरन् स्वयं में ही उसका साक्षात् अनुभव भी कर सकता है। तब पाण्डव राजपुत्र के मुख पर उस अनुभव या पद को प्राप्त करने की उत्सुकता दिखाई दी। यद्यपि उसने स्पष्ट प्रश्न नहीं किया तथापि उसके मुख के भाव से ही उसे समझकर भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण यहाँ वर्णन करते हैं कि कोई साधक जीवन में इस पूर्णत्व को कैसे प्राप्त कर सकता है।किसी जीव को ईश्वरत्व प्राप्त करने का श्रीकृष्ण द्वारा उपदिष्ट योजना के पांच अंग हैं। उन पांच अंगों या आवश्यक गुणों को इस श्लोक में बताया गया है। वे गुण हैं (1) जो ईश्वरार्पण बुद्धि से कर्म करता है? (2) जिसका परम लक्ष्य ईश्वर ही है? (3) जो ईश्वर का भक्त है? (4) जो आसक्तियों से रहित है? तथा (5) जो भूतमात्र के प्रति वैरभाव से रहित है।इन पांच आवश्यक गुणों में आत्मसंयम की सम्पूर्ण साधना का सारांश दिया गया है। ईश्वर के अखण्ड स्मरण से ही समस्त उपाधियों के कर्मों में अनासक्ति का भाव दृढ़ होता है। किसी व्यक्ति के प्रति वैरभाव तभी होता है? जब हम उसे पराया समझते हैं। मेरे ही दोनों हाथों के मध्य कोई वैरभाव नहीं हो सकता। आत्मैकत्व के बोध से जब सर्वत्र एकता का दर्शन और अनुभव होता है? केवल तभी समस्त भूतों के प्रति पूर्ण निर्वैरभाव प्राप्त हो सकता है।मन और बुद्धि के स्तर पर सर्वथा अनासक्ति होना असंभव है। मन और बुद्धि किसी वस्तु या व्यक्ति के प्रति आसक्ति के बिना नहीं रह सकते हैं। इसलिए एक साधक? सर्वप्रथम? ईश्वरार्पण की भावना के द्वारा विषयासक्ति को त्यागना सीखता है? और तत्पश्चात् अपने मन को भक्ति के साथ ईश्वर में स्थित कर देता है। इस अंग की पूर्णता के लिए पूर्व कथित गुण निश्चय ही सहायक होते हैं।इस प्रकार? सम्पूर्ण योजना का पुनरावलोकन करने पर ज्ञात होगा कि वह पूर्ण मनोवैज्ञानिक होने के कारण सर्वथा स्वीकार्य है। प्रत्येक उत्तर अंग अपने पूर्व अंग से पोषित होता है। इस श्लोक से यह भी स्पष्ट ज्ञात होता है कि अध्यात्म के साधक की महान् पवित्र तीर्थयात्रा ईश्वरार्पण बुद्धि से कर्म करने से प्रारम्भ होती है। तत्पश्चात् स्वयं ईश्वर ही उसके जीवन का परम लक्ष्य बन जाता है। इसका परिणाम होगा ईश्वर के प्रति परम प्रेम। स्वाभाविक है कि जगत् की अनित्य? परिच्छिन्न वस्तुओं के साथ उसकी आसक्ति समाप्त हो जायेगी और वह आत्मा का दर्शन कर सकेगा। जब स्वयं आत्मस्वरूप ही बनकर वह स्वयं को सर्वत्र? सब भूतों में पहचानेगा? तब उसका किसी भी प्राणी से किसी प्रकार का वैर नहीं होगा।गीता के अनुसार साधना के द्वारा प्राप्त आत्मसाक्षात्कार की पूर्णता की कसौटी है सबसे प्रेम और किसी से द्वेष नहीं होना।conclusion तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषस्तु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रेश्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे विश्वरूपदर्शनयोगो नाम एकादशोऽध्याय।।इस प्रकार श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवाद के रूप में ब्रह्मविद्या और योगशास्त्रस्वरूप श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतोपनिषद् का विश्वरूप दर्शनयोग नामक ग्यारहवां अध्याय समाप्त होता है।इस अध्याय का विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग यह नाम सार्थक है। वेदान्तशास्त्र की परिभाषिक शब्दावली के अनुसार यहाँ प्रयुक्त विश्वरूप शब्द का वास्तविक अर्थ विराट्रूप है। आत्मा एक व्यष्टि स्थूल देह के साथ तादात्म्य को प्राप्त होकर जाग्रत् अवस्था की घटनाओं का अनुभव करता है। इस अवस्था में स्थित आत्मा को वेदान्त में विश्व कहा जाता है। वही आत्मा समष्टि स्थूल देह अर्थात् ब्रह्माण्ड के साथ तादात्म्य प्राप्त कर विराट् कहलाता है। यद्यपि यहाँ भगवान् ने अपना विराट्रूप दिखाया है? तथापि इस अध्याय का नाम विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग है। इससे विश्व और विराट् के पारमार्थिक एकत्व का बोध होता है।
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।।11.55।। व्याख्या--[इस श्लोकमें पाँच बातें आयी हैं। इन पाँचोंको 'साधनपञ्चक' भी कहते हैं। इन पाँचों बातोंके दो विभाग हैं। (1) भगवान्के साथ घनिष्ठता और (2) संसारके साथ सम्बन्ध-विच्छेद। पहले विभागमें 'मत्कर्मकृत्', 'मत्परमः' और 'मद्भक्तः' -- ये तीन बातें हैं; और दूसरे विभागमें 'सङ्गवर्जितः' और'निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषू'--ये दो बातें हैं।
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- This is verse 55 of 55 in Chapter 11 · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga (The Yoga of the Universal-Form Vision)
- Chapter theme: Krishna reveals His universal-form · BG 11.5 paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi
- Ṣaṭka grouping: TAT-Ṣaṭka (BG 7-12 · the Lord)
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