Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 4.34
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 4.34 · 4 · Verse 34
Sanskrit Original
।।4.34।।तद् आत्मविषयं ज्ञानम्अविनाशि तु तद् विद्धि (गीता 2।17) इति आरभ्यएषा तेऽभिहिता (गीता 2।39) इत्यन्तेन मया उपदिष्टम् मदुक्तकर्मणि वर्तमानः त्वं विपाकानुगुणं काले प्रणिपातपरिप्रश्नसेवाभिः विशदाकारं ज्ञानिभ्यो विद्धि।साक्षात्कृतात्मस्वरूपाः तु ज्ञानिनः प्रणिपातादिभिः सेविताः ज्ञानबुभुत्सया परितः पृच्छतः तव आशयम् आलक्ष्य ज्ञानम् उपदेक्ष्यन्ति।आत्मयाथात्म्यविषयसाक्षात्काररूपस्य लक्षणम् आह
4.34 This is the knowledge concerning the self that has been taught by Me in the verses beginning with 'Know that to be indestructibe' (2.17) and ending with 'this has been given to you' (2.39). So engaged in appropriate actions, you can learn, according to the maturity of your competence, this wisdom from the wise, who will explain it to you, if you attend on them through prostrating and estioning and by serving them. The wise are those who have immediate apprehension (or vision) of the true nature of the self. Having been honoured by you through prostration etc., and observing your mental disposition characterised by desire for knowledge which you have evinced by your estions, they will teach you this knowledge. Sri Krsna now speaks of the characterisitcs of knowledge concerning the nature of the self, in the form of direct perception.