Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 2.16
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 2.16 · 2 · Verse 16
Sanskrit Original
।।2.16।।नित्य आत्मेत्युक्तम् किमात्मैव नित्य आहोस्विदन्यदपि अन्यदपि तत्किमिति आह नास इति नासतः कारणस्य सतो ब्रह्मणश्चाभावा न विद्यते प्रकृतिः पुरुपश्चैव नित्यां कालश्च सत्तम इति वचनाच्छीविष्णुपुराणं। पृथग्विद्यत इत्यादरार्थः। असतः कारणत्वं च सदसद्रूपया चासों गुणमय्याऽगुणो विभुः इति भागवते असतः सदजायत इति च अव्यक्तेश्च। सम्प्रदायश्चैतत्सिद्धमित्याह उभयोरपीति। अन्तो निर्णयः।
‘The self is eternal’ — why say the self is eternal if the self itself is not eternal? The answer: the Purāṇic and śruti authorities assert the being of Brahman, the cause, as existent; not so for an asat (nonbeing). Nature and the embodied being and time are all declared respectively as they are in Śiva-Vishnu Purāṇa: that which is different is said to exist separately. The existence of cause in the form of nonbeing is taught: the Lord is the sovereign of both the existent and non‑existent, the unmanifest and the manifest; from the non‑existent arises the existent — thus say the scriptures. The tradition accepts both statements; this is the final determination.