Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 13.35
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 13.35 · 13 · Verse 35
Sanskrit Original
।।13.35।।एवम् उक्तेन प्रकारेण क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोः अन्तरं विशेषं विवेकविषयज्ञानाख्येन चक्षुषा ये विदुः भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च? ते परं यान्ति निर्मुक्तबन्धनम्? आत्मानं प्राप्नुवन्ति।मोक्ष्यते अनेन इति मोक्षः? अमानित्वादिकम् उक्तं मोक्षसाधनम् इत्यर्थः। क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोः विवेकविषयेण उक्तेन ज्ञानेन तयोः विवेकं विदित्वा भूताकारपरिणतप्रकृतिमोक्षोपायम् अमानित्वादिकं च अवगम्य ये आचरन्ति? ते निर्मुक्तबन्धाः स्वेन रूपेण अवस्थितम् अनवच्छिन्नज्ञानलक्षणम् आत्मानं प्राप्नुवन्ति इत्यर्थः।
13.35 Those who 'discern thus' in the described manner the 'difference', namely, the difference between the body and the knower of the body with 'the eye of knowledge' or discrimination, and also the 'means of deliverance from manifested Prakrti' - they attain the 'highest', namely, the self. They are completely delivered from bondage. Moksa is that by which deliverance is effected. The means of deliverance as already stated consists of alities beginning with modesty (13.7). They, through the knowledge already imparted concerning the differences between the body and the self, know those differences existing between them. Then learning about modesty etc., which form the means of deliverance from Prakrti that has devleoped into material elements constituting the body, they have to practise these virtues, and they will thery be absolutely delivered from bondage and will reach the self marked by infinite knowledge abiding in Its own form.