Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.1
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.1 · 14 · Verse 1
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।।14.1।।श्रीभगवानुवाच -- परं पूर्वोक्ताद् अन्यत् प्रकृतिपुरुषान्तर्गतम् एव सत्त्वादिगुणविषयं ज्ञानं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि तत् च ज्ञानं सर्वेषां प्रकृतिपुरुषविषयज्ञानानाम् उत्तमम् यद् ज्ञानं ज्ञात्वा सर्वे मुनयः तन्मननशीलाः इतः संसारमण्डलात् परां सिद्धिं गताः परिशुद्धात्मस्वरूपप्राप्तिरूपां सिद्धिम् अवाप्ताः।पुनः अपि तद् ज्ञानं फलेन विशिनष्टि --
14.1 The Lord said I shall declare again another kind of knowledge which is distinct from what was taught earlier concerning Gunas such as Sattva, falling within the sphere of Prakrti and Purusa. This knowledge going to be revealed is the best of all forms of knowledge concerning the Prakrti and the self. Having gained this knowledge, all sages, namely, those given to meditation, have attained perfection, beyond this world, the sphere of Samsara, having attained the essential and pure form of the self. He further extols this knowledge, distinguishing it by its fruits: