Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 10.8
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 10.8 · 10 · Verse 8
Sanskrit Original
।।10.8।।अहं सर्वस्य विचित्रचिदचित्प्रपञ्चस्य प्रभवः उत्पत्तिकारणम् सर्वं मत्त एव प्रवर्तते इति इदं मम स्वाभाविकं निरङ्कुशैश्वर्यं सौशील्यसौन्दर्यवात्सल्यादिकल्याणगुणगणयोगं च मत्वा बुधाः ज्ञानिनो भावसमन्विताः मां सर्वकल्याणगुणान्वितं भजन्ते। भावो मनोवृत्तिविशेषः? मयि स्पृहयालवो मां भजन्त इत्यर्थः।कथम् --
10.8 I am the 'origin', namely, the cause of originating everything in this universe consisting of wonderful sentient and non-sentient beings. From Me proceed everything. Thinking thus of My sovereignty, natural and unhindered, and knowing Me as endowed with a multitude of auspicious attributes like condescension, beauty, parental affection etc., the wise or the men of knowledge worship Me with devotion endowed as I am with all auspicious attributes. 'Bhava' is a particular disposition, here a loving disposition, of the mind. The meaning is that they worship Me with intense yearning of the heart. How?