Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 11.31
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 11.31 · 11 · Verse 31
dvaitamadhvacharyabhagavad-gitacommentaryvedanta
Sanskrit Original
।।11.31।।धर्मान्तरज्ञानार्थमेव को भवानिति पृच्छति -- आख्याहीति। यथा कश्चित्कञ्चिन्नामादिकं जानन्नपि जातिज्ञानार्थं पृच्छति कस्त्वमिति। यदि त्वमेव न जानाति तर्हिविष्णो [11।30] इत्येव सम्बोधनं न स्यात्त्वमक्षरं [11।18] इत्यादि च।
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He asks only to know whose religion (dharma) or teaching this is — he says ‘akhyāhi’ (declare it). Just as someone who knows the name of a person asks ‘Who are you?’ to learn his lineage, so here: if you yourself do not know, then a direct address ‘O Viṣṇu’ would not be appropriate. (See also: “You are the imperishable” [11.18], etc.)