Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 9.24
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 9.24 · 9 · Verse 24
Sanskrit Original
।।9.24।।प्रभुः एव च तत्र तत्र फलप्रदाता च अहम् एव इत्यर्थः।अहो महद् इदं वैचित्र्यं यद् एकस्मिन् एव कर्मणि वर्तमानाः संकल्पमात्रभेदेन केचिद् अत्यल्पफलभागिनः,च्यवनस्वभावाः च भवन्ति? केचन अनवधिकातिशयानन्दपरमपुरुषप्राप्तिरूपफलभागिनः अपुनरावर्त्तिनः च भवन्ति? इति आह --
9.24 I am 'the only Lord' - the meaning is that I alone am the bestower of rewards everywhere. How wonderful is this, that though devoting themselves to the same kind of action, on account of the difference in intention some partake of a very small reward with the likelihood of fall, while some others partake of a reward in the form of attainment of the Supreme Person which is unalloyed, limitless, and incomparable! Sri Krsna explains this: