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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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7.22 Yuktah,being endued; taya, with that;<br />

sraddhaya, faith, as granted by Me; sah, that<br />

person; ihate, engages in; radhanam, i.e.<br />

aradhanam, worshipping; tasyah, that form of the<br />

deity. And labhate, he gets; tan hi, those very;<br />

kaman, desired results; tatah, there-from, from that<br />

form of the deity which was worshipped; as<br />

vihitan, they are dispensed, meted out; maya eva,<br />

by Me alone, who am the omniscient, supreme<br />

God, because I am possessed of the knowledge of<br />

the apportionment of the results of actions. The<br />

meaning his that he surely gets those desired<br />

results since they are ordained by God. If the<br />

reading be hitan (instead of hi tan), then the<br />

beneficence (-hita means beneficent-) of the desired<br />

result should be interpreted in a figurative sense,<br />

for desires cannot be beneficial to anyone!<br />

English Translation - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

7.23 That result of theirs who are of poor intellect is<br />

indeed limited. The worshippers of gods go to the<br />

gods. My devotees go to Me alone.<br />

English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit<br />

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

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