Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 4.8
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 4.8 · 4 · Verse 8
Sanskrit Original
।।4.8।।न जन्मनैव परित्राणादि कार्यमिति नियमः। तथापि लीलया स्वभावेन च यथेष्टचारी। तथा ह्युक्तम् देवस्यैष स्वभावोऽयम्।लोकवत्तु लीलाकैवल्यम् ब्र.सू.2।1।33क्रीडतो बालकस्येव चेष्टां तस्य निशामय। अरिभयादिव स्वयं पुराद्व्यवात्सीद्यदनन्तवीर्यः। पूर्णोऽयमस्यान्न न किञ्चिदाप्यं तथापि सर्वाः कुरुते प्रवृत्तीः। अतो विरुद्धेषुमिमं वदन्ति परावरज्ञा मुनयः प्रशान्ताः इत्यादि ऋग्वेदखिलेषु।
There is a rule that God does not act only to relieve beings from birth, etc. Yet by His līlā and by His very nature He does what He wills. Such is said to be the natural disposition of God. For the world, though originating in līlā, is real (Brahma-sūtra 2.1.33). Like a child at play, He enacts pastimes; like a foe-causing terror He may begin hostilities; possessing infinite might, He remains complete in Himself without lack, and yet all actions occur. Hence the sages, versed in the supreme, declare for those opposed: “calm ones” and so on in the Rik and the Veda—indicating peaceful seers.