Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 8.3
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 8.3 · 8 · Verse 3
Sanskrit Original
।।8.3।।परममक्षरं ब्रह्म। वेदादिशङ्काव्यावृत्त्यर्थमेतत्। आत्मन्यधि यत्तदध्यात्मम्। आत्माधिकारे यत्तदिति वा। तथा हि -- जैवः स्वभावः। स्वाख्यो भावः स्वभाव इति व्युत्पत्त्या जीवो वा स्वभावः सर्वदा अस्त्येव एकप्रकारेणेति भावः। अन्तःकरणादिव्यावृत्त्यर्थो भावशब्दः। न ह्येकप्रकारेण स्थितिरन्तःकरणादेः विकारित्वात्। स्वशब्द ईश्वरव्यावृत्त्यर्थः। भूतानां जीवानां भावानां जडपदार्थानां चोद्भवकरीश्वरक्रिया विसर्गः विशेषेण सर्जनं विसर्ग इत्यर्थः।
Param aksharam brahman — this denotes the immutable Brahman, the meaning that excludes doubts raised by the Vedas and similar texts. "Adhyatma" (that which is above the self) may mean what is superior to the Atman; "Atmadhikara" may mean that which pertains to the authority of the self. Thus: jiva as svabhava — one’s own nature; swakhya — the self-designation; bhava — nature. By etymology one may say the jiva is its own svabhava; bhava indicates that the jiva’s nature is always of one kind. The word bhava is used to mean the arising from the inner organ and so expresses manifestation, for the inner organ undergoes changes. The word sva (one’s own) when applied to Ishvara indicates the manifestation of Ishvara’s activity producing beings, jivas, states, and insentient substances; visarga in this sense means special creation (srishti), i.e., the discharge of creative agency.