Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 15.3
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 15.3 · 15 · Verse 3
Sanskrit Original
।।15.3।।यथास्थितस्तथा नोपलभ्यते। अन्तादिर्विष्णुः।त्वमादिरन्तो जगतोऽस्य मध्यम् इति भागवते।अनाद्यन्तं परं ब्रह्म न देवा नर्षयो विदुः इति च मोक्षधर्मे। असङ्गशस्त्रेण सङ्गराहित्यसहितेन ज्ञानेन।ज्ञानासिनोपासनया शितेन [11।28।17] इति भागवते। छेदश्च विमर्श एव। ततश्च तस्यैवाबन्धकं भवति। तथा हि मूलस्थं ब्रह्म प्रतीयते। तच्चोक्तं तच्छ्रुतावेव -- विमर्शो ह्यस्य छेदः स तन्न बध्नाति बध्नाति चान्यान् [ ] इति।
Verse 15.3 — What exists as established cannot be attained otherwise. From the end comes Viṣṇu. 'You are the beginning, middle and end of this world' — says the Lord. The eternal supreme Brahman without beginning or end is not known by devas or ṛṣis — this is taught in the doctrine of liberation. By unassociated scripture, by knowledge free of attachment, and by that knowledge accompanied by devotion one is purified. As the text says: 'The cutting away is also discrimination.' Thereupon the same becomes the bondage for that very [tree]. Thus Brahman is apprehended as the abiding root. Scripture says: 'Discrimination is its cutting; it binds and also binds others' (i.e., discrimination severs the illusory tree yet reveals the binding nature).