Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 11.39
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 11.39 · 11 · Verse 39
Sanskrit Original
।।11.39।।सर्वेषां प्रपितामहः त्वम् एव? पितामहादयः च। सर्वासां प्रजानां पितरः प्रजापतयः प्रजापतीनां पिता हिरण्यगर्भः प्रजानां पितामहः? हिरण्यगर्भस्य अपि पिता त्वं प्रजानां प्रपितामहः पितामहादीनाम् आत्मतया तत्तच्छब्दवाच्यः त्वम् एव इत्यर्थः।अत्यद्भुताकारं भगवन्तं दृष्ट्वा हर्षोत्फुल्लनयनः अत्यन्तसाध्वसावनतः सर्वतो नमस्करोति --
11.39 You alone are the great-grandsire of all and also grandfather etc. The Prajapatis are the fathers of all creatures. Hiranyagarbha (Brahma), the father of the Prajapatis, is the grandsire of all creatures. You, being the father of even Hiranyagarbha, are great grandfather of all creatures. You alone are denoted by the several terms by which these beings are known. Such is the meaning. Beholding the Lord in a most marvellous form, Arjuna, bent with great awe, saluted Him from all sides with his eyes widely open from joy.