Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 4.9
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 4.9 · 4 · Verse 9
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।।4.9।।पृथङ्मुक्त्युक्तिर्हि सर्वज्ञानि(न)नियमदर्शनार्थम्। न तु तावन्मात्रेण मुक्तिरित्युक्तम् 3।20।वेदाद्युक्तं तु सर्वं यो ज्ञात्वोपास्ते सदा हि माम्। तस्यैव दर्शनपथं यामि नान्यस्य कस्यचित् इत्युक्तेश्च महाकौर्मे। अत्रोक्तस्यैतज्ज्ञात्वैव जन्म नैतीति गतिः। इतरवाक्यानां नान्या गतिः। नान्यस्य कस्यचिदिति विशेषणात् तत्त्वत इति विशेषणाच्च सर्वं ज्ञानमापतति। यत्रैवं भवति तत्र तत्त्वत इति विशेषणे न विरोधः। उक्तं च एकं च तत्त्वतो ज्ञातुं विना सर्वज्ञतां नरः। न समर्थो महेन्द्रोऽपि तस्मात्सर्वत्र जिज्ञसेत् इति स्कान्दे।
The statement that freeing from repeated births is the purpose of all knowledge is to show the rule of vision, not to teach that knowledge by itself is liberation. The Vedic statement 'one who knows all this ever worships Me' points to the path of vision belonging to that knower and not to anyone else, as Mahākaurma says. From knowing that, one attains non-birth (liberation); other statements indicate other destinies. The phrase 'not another's' limits and defines the reality: by that limitation all knowledge is negated unless one knows that one ultimate truth. No one—neither man nor even Indra—is capable of full knowledge apart from that; therefore one must inquire everywhere (Skandapurāṇa).