Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 10.42
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 10.42 · 10 · Verse 42
Sanskrit Original
।।10.42।।किमिति वक्ष्यमाणप्राधान्यज्ञापनार्थं? न तूक्तनिष्फलत्वज्ञानाय। तथा सति नोच्येत। अज्ञात्वैनं सविशेषयुक्तं देवं वरं को विमुच्येत बन्धात् इत्यृग्वेदखिलेषु। त्वं तु बहुफलप्राप्तियोग्य इति तवेति विशेषणम्। अन्यस्तुत्यर्थत्वेन प्रसिद्धश्चैवात्र किंशब्दः।रागद्वेषौ यदि स्यातां तपसा किं प्रयोजनम्। तावुभौ यदि न स्यातां तपसा किं प्रयोजनम् इत्यादौ। प्राधान्यं च सिद्धमेकत्र दर्शनात्सर्वत्र भगवद्दर्शनस्य।यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र [6।30] इत्यादौ।
Is this said to teach predominance (prādhānya)? It is not merely to rebut the futility of praise. Even so it must not be denied: 'Who will release that supremely endowed God from bondage if not He?' (as in the Ṛgveda passages). 'But you are fit to obtain many fruits'—this is the specification 'to you'. The passage is also famed for the sense that praise is efficacious. If attachments and aversions remain, what use is tapas? If they do not remain, what use is tapas?—such questions. The singular established predominance follows from the vision of God everywhere; e.g. 'he who sees Me everywhere' [6.30].