Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 7.23
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 7.23 · 7 · Verse 23
Sanskrit Original
।।7.23।।तेषाम् अल्पमेधसाम् अल्पबुद्धीनाम् इन्द्रादिमात्रयाजिनां तदाराधनफलं स्वल्पम् अन्तवत् च भवति। कुतः देवान् देवयजो यान्ति यत इन्द्रादीन् देवान् तद्याजिनो यान्ति। इन्द्रादयो हि परिच्छिन्नभोगाः परिमितकालवर्तिनश्च। ततः तत्सायुज्यं प्राप्ताः तैः सह प्रच्यवन्ते। मद्भक्ता अपि तेषाम् एव कर्मणां मदाराधनरूपतां ज्ञात्वा परिच्छिन्नफलसङ्गं त्यक्त्वा मत्प्रीणनैकप्रयोजनाः माम् एव प्राप्नुवन्ति न च पुनर्निवर्तन्तेमामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते (गीता 8।16) इति वक्ष्यते।इतरे तु सर्वसमाश्रयणीयत्वाय मम मनुष्यादिषु अवतारम् अपि अकिञ्चित्करं कुर्वन्ति इत्याह
7.23 The men of 'small understanding' means those whose understanding is poor, who worship only Indra and other divinities. The fruit of their worship is small and finite. Why? The worshippers of divinities like Indra go to the divinities. And Indra and other divinities possess limited joy and live only for a limited time. So if they attain eality of enjoyment with them, they also fall down along with them in due course; but My devotees, knowing that their acts are of the nature of My worship, renouncing attachment for finite, fruits, reach Me, having for their purpose the pleasing of Me alone. That is, they never more return to Samsara. For Sri Krsna teaches later on: 'But on reaching Me there is no rirth, O Arjuna' (8.16). Now Sri Krsna declares: 'But these others (i.e., who worship Indra etc.) regard as insignificant even My incarnations among men and other beings in order to make Myself easy for all to resort to.'