Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 4.11
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 4.11 · 4 · Verse 11
Sanskrit Original
।।4.11।।न च मद्भजनमात्रेण मुक्तिर्भवत्यन्यदेवतारूपेण तथापि सर्वेषामानुरूप्येण फलं ददामीत्याह येयथेति। सेवयामि फलदानेन न तु गुणभावेन। कथमयं विशेषः इत्यत आह मम वर्त्मेति। अन्यदेवता यजन्तोऽपि मम वर्त्मैवानुवर्तन्ते। सर्वकर्मकर्तृत्वात् भोक्तृत्वाच्च मम।येऽप्यन्यदेवताभक्ताः 9।23 इति वक्ष्यति। यो देवानां नामधा एक एव ऋक्सं.8।3।17।3 इति श्रुतिः। भगवानेव च तत्राभिधीयते। अजस्य नाभावध्येकमर्पितम् ऋक्सं.8।3।17।6 इति तल्लिङ्गात्।
'Not by devotion to Me alone do many become liberated'—that is, in other manifestations of deity liberation does not occur merely by devotion to them; yet I give results corresponding to all of them. I serve by granting fruits, not by taking on qualities. Why this distinction? Hence He says 'My path': devotees of other deities also follow My path, since I am the agent and the enjoyer of all actions. Those who worship other deities will be treated later (verse 9.23). The Vedic passage names one deity of the gods. It denotes the Lord Himself; it does not mean a separate unborn one devoted to another. This is the signification.