Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 7.12
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 7.12 · 7 · Verse 12
Sanskrit Original
।।7.12।।किं विशिष्य अभिधीयते सात्त्विकाः राजसाः तामसाः च जगति भोग्यत्वेन देहत्वेन इन्द्रियत्वेन तत्तद्धेतुत्वेन च अवस्थिता ये भावाः तान् सर्वान् मत्त एव उत्पन्नान् विद्धि ते मच्छरीरतया मयि एव अवस्थिता इति च। न तु अहं तेषु न अहं कदाचिद् अपि तदायत्तस्थितिः अन्यत्र आत्मायत्तस्थितित्वे अपि शरीरस्य शरीरेण आत्मनः स्थितौ अपि उपकारो विद्यते मम तु तैः न कश्चित् तथाविध उपकारः केवलं लीला एव प्रयोजनम् इत्यर्थः।
7.12 Why should this be declared with particular illustrations? The reason is as follows: Whatever entities exist in the world partaking of the alities of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas in the forms of bodies, senses, objects of enjoyment and their causes - know them all to have originated from Me alone, and they abide in Me alone, as they constitute My body. 'But I am not in them.' That is, I do not depend for My existence on them at any time. In the case of other beings, though the body depends for its existence on the self, the body serves some purpose of the self in the matter of Its sustenance. To Me, however, there is no purpose at all of that kind served by them constituting My body. The meaning is that they merely serve the purpose of My sport.