Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 9.2
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 9.2 · 9 · Verse 2
Sanskrit Original
।।9.2।।राजविद्या प्रधानविद्या। प्रत्यक्षं ब्रह्म अवगम्यते येन तत्प्रत्यक्षावगमम्। अक्षेष्विन्द्रियेषु प्रति प्रतिस्थित इति प्रत्यक्षः। तथा च श्रुतिः यः प्राणे तिष्ठन्प्राणादन्तरो यं प्राणो न वेद यस्य प्राणः शरीरम्। यः प्राणमन्तरो यमयत्येष त आत्माऽन्तर्याम्यमृतः। यो वाचि तिष्ठन् ৷৷. यश्चक्षुषि तिष्ठन् [बृ.उ.3।7।1618] इत्यादिः। य एषोऽन्तरक्षिणि पुरुषो दृश्यते [छां.उ.1।7।5] इति च अङ्गुष्ठमात्रः पुरुषोऽङ्गुष्ठं च समाश्रितः [म.ना.उ.15।5] इति च।त्वं मनस्त्वं चन्द्रमास्त्वं चक्षुरादित्यः इत्यादेश्च मोक्षधर्मे। [म.भा.12।338।98100] स प्रत्यक्षः प्रति इति हि सोऽक्षेष्वक्षवान् भवति य एवं विद्वान्प्रत्यक्षं वेद इति सामवेदे बाभ्रव्यशाखायाम्। धर्मो भगवान् तद्विषयं धर्म्यम्। सर्वं जगद्धत्त इति धर्मः।पृथिवी धर्ममूर्धनि इति च प्रयोगान्मोक्षधर्मे।भारभृत्कथितो योगी [म.भा.13।149।106] इति च। भर्ता सन् भ्रियमाणो बिभर्ति [तै.आ.3।14] इति च श्रुतिः। धर्मो वा इदमग्र आसीन्न पृथिवी न वायुर्भाकाशो न ब्रह्मा न रुद्रो न देवा न ऋषयः सोऽध्यायत् इति च सामवेदशाखायाम्।
‘Rajavidya’ is the chief knowledge. That by which Brahman is directly perceived is called pratyaksha (direct knowledge). ‘Pratyaksha’ means that which abides in the organs without remainder. Likewise Shruti teaches: that which dwells in prana yet is distinct from prana, that by which prana does not know the body — that inner prana is the Atman, the indwelling, immortal one; He who abides in speech, who abides in the eye, etc. (Bri. Up., Chhand. Up.). The indication ‘you are mind, you are moon, you are eye, you are sun’ pertains to the doctrine of liberation. ‘Pratyaksha’ thus signifies that which abides in the organs. The Sama-veda branch declares: ‘One who knows thus knows directly.’ ‘Dharma’ here means the object of the Lord’s law; ‘the whole world He gave’ is a usage in the doctrine of liberation. ‘Earth is Dharma’s summit’ and similar usages appear in the liberation texts. The Vedas say the sustainer bears (the world) while supporting it. The Sama branch also declares: ‘Dharma was foremost — not earth, not wind, not ether, not Brahma, not Rudra, not the gods, not the sages — he alone is to be studied.’