Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 10.15
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 10.15 · 10 · Verse 15
Sanskrit Original
।।10.12 -- 10.15।।ब्रह्म परिपूर्णम्। अथ कस्मादुच्यते परं ब्रह्म ৷৷. बृहद्बृहत्या बृंहयति [अ.शिर.4] इति च श्रुतिः। बृह बृहि वृद्धाविति पठन्ति।परमं यो महद्ब्रह्म [म.भा.13।149।9] इति च। विविधमासीदिति विभुः। तथा हि वारुणशाखायाम् -- विभु प्रभु प्रथमं मेहनावतः [ऋक्सं.2।7।2।5] इति स ह्येव प्रभावाद्विविधोऽभवत् इति। सोऽकामयत बहु स्यां प्रजायेय [तै.उ.2।6] इत्यादेश्च।
Brahman is full and complete. Now why is the supreme Brahman so called? The Veda says: ‘It magnifies through the great’ (bṛhad bṛhatyā bṛṃhayati) [Aśvaraśīrṣa 4]. They read bṛha, bṛhi, vṛddhā—‘He who is supreme is the great Brahman’ [Mahābhāṣya 13.149.9]. ‘He was manifold’ (vividham āsīt) is rendered ‘vibhu’ (all‑pervading). So too in the Vāruna recension: ‘Vibhu, the Lord, was first exerting might’ (vibhu prabhu prathamaṃ mehanāvataḥ) [Ṛg 2.7.2.5]—he indeed by his potency became diverse. And there is the injunction: ‘He wished, “May I be many, let there be progeny”’ (so’kāmayat bahu syāṃ prajāyeya) [Taitt. Up. 2.6].