Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 6.7
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 6.7 · 6 · Verse 7
Sanskrit Original
।।6.7।।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु मानापमानयोः च जितात्मनः जितमनसः विकाररहितमनसः प्रशान्तस्य मनसि परमात्मा समाहितः सम्यगाहितः। स्वरूपेण अवस्थितः प्रत्यगात्मा अत्र परमात्मा इत्युच्यते तस्य एव प्रकृतत्वात् तस्य अपि पूर्वपूर्वास्थापेक्षया परमात्मत्वात्। आत्मा परं समाहित इति वा सम्बन्धः।
6.7 Of him whose self is conered, i.e., whose mind is conered, whose mind is free from fluctuations and who is very calm, 'the great self' becomes well secured, i.e., exceedingly well secured in connection with heat and cold, pleasure and pain, and honour and dishonour. Here the individual self (Pratyagatman) is called 'the great self' (Paramatman), as the context justifies this only. It can also be called 'great', because it is at a higher stage relatively to previous successive stages. Or the word may be construed as follows: The self is secured greatly - Atma parma samahitah. [In any case it should not be taken as the Supreme Being].