Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 18.13
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 18.13 · 18 · Verse 13
Sanskrit Original
।।18.13।।संख्या बुद्धिः? सांख्ये कृतान्ते यथावस्थिततत्त्वविषयया वैदिक्या बुद्ध्या अनुसंहिते निर्णये सर्वकर्मणां सिद्धये -- उत्पत्तये प्रोक्तानि पञ्च एतानि कारणानि निबोध मे मम सकाशात् अनुसंधत्स्व। वैदिकी हि बुद्धिः शरीरेन्द्रियप्राणजीवात्मोपकरणं परमात्मानम् एव कर्तारम् अवधारयति।य आत्मनि तिष्ठन्नात्मनोऽन्तरो यमात्मा न वेद? यस्यात्मा शरीरम्? य आत्मानमन्तरो यमयति? स त आत्मान्तर्याम्यमृतः (श0 प0 14।5।30)अन्तःप्रविष्टः शास्ता जनानां सर्वात्मा (तै0 आ0 3।11।3) इत्यादिषु।तद् इदम् आह --
18.13 'Sankhya' means Buddhi (reasoning). 'Sankhya-krtanta' means that which is determined after due deliberations by the Buddhi in accordance with the Vedas on the nature of the things as they are. Learn them from Me. There are five causes for the accomplishment of all actions. But the understanding according to the Vedas (Vaidiki-buddhi) is that the Supreme Self alone is the agent working through body, senses, Pranas and the individual self, as asserted in the following Srutis: 'He who, dwelling in the self, who rules the self from within your self, the Inner Ruler, immortal' (Br. U. Madh., 3.7.22), and 'He who has penetrated the interior, is the Ruler of all creatures and the Self of all' (Tai. A., 3.11.3). Sri Krsna nows sets forth the five causes: