Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 7.18
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 7.18 · 7 · Verse 18
Sanskrit Original
।।7.18।।सर्वे एव एते माम् एव उपासते इति उदाराः वदान्याः ये मत्तो यत् किञ्चिद् अपि गृह्णन्ति ते हि मम सर्वस्वदायिनः। ज्ञानी तु आत्मा एव मे मतं तदायत्तात्मधारणः अहम् इति मन्ये।कस्माद् एवं यस्माद् अयं मया विना आत्मधारणासंभावनया माम् एव अनुत्तमं प्राप्यम् आस्थितः अतः तेन विना मम अपि आत्मधारणं न संभवति ततो मम अपि आत्मा हि सः।न अल्पसंख्यासंख्यातानां पुण्यजन्मनां फलम् इदं यन्मच्छेषतैकरसात्मयाथात्म्यज्ञानपूर्वकं मत्प्रपदनम् अपि तु
7.18 Because they worship Me alone, all these are generous i.e., benefactors. For, those who receive from Me anything, however small they are, I consider them as contributing everything to Me (and thus as benefactors). But I deem the man of knowledge to be My very self. I consider Myself as depending on him for My support. Why is it so? Because this person considers Me to be the highest and finds it impossible to support himself without Me; I also find it impossible to be without him. Thus, verily, he is My self. The attainment of this state of mind reires innumerable auspicious births. It is attained after gaining the knowledge of the real nature of the self and the self feels that Its happiness consists in being a dependant (Sesa) of Myself.