Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 13.30
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 13.30 · 13 · Verse 30
Sanskrit Original
।।13.30।।प्रकृतिपुरुषतत्त्वद्वयात्मकेषु देवादिषु सर्वेषु भूतेषु सत्सु तेषां देवत्वमनुष्यत्वह्रस्वत्वदीर्घत्वादि पृथग्भावम् एकस्थम् एकतत्त्वस्थं प्रकृतिस्थं यदा पश्यति? न आत्मस्थम्? तत एव प्रकृतित एव उत्तरोत्तरपुत्रपौत्रादिभेदविस्तारं च यदा पश्यति? तदा एव ब्रह्म संपद्यते अनवच्छिन्नज्ञानैकाकारम् आत्मानं प्राप्नोति इत्यर्थः।
13.30 When he perceives that 'all acts are performed by the Prakrti' in the manner previously stated in, 'Prakrti is said to be the cause of agency to the body and sense-organs' (13.20), and perceive also that 'the self, being of the form of knowledge, is not the doer,' and that the self's conjunction with the Prakrti, Its direction of the body and Its experiences of happiness and misery are the result of ignorance of the nature of Karma - then indeed he perceives the pure self.