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Bhagavad Gita · Vibhuti YogaChapter 10, Shloka 9 (10.9)

Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्

मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्
कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च
॥ 10.9 ॥

maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam
kathayantaśca māṃ nityaṃ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca

Translation

"With their minds on me, their lives offered to me, enlightening one another about me and always speaking of me — they are content and they rejoice."

Interpretation

Shankaracharya. madgataprāṇāḥ mām gatāḥ prāptāḥ cakṣurādayaḥ prāṇāḥ yeṣāṃ … mayi upasaṃhṛtakaraṇāḥ ity arthaḥ; athavā madgataprāṇāḥ madgatajīvanāḥ — with the senses gathered into me, or with life itself in me; tuṣyanti ca paritoṣam upayānti ca ramanti ca ratiṃ ca prāpnuvanti priyasaṃgatyeva — as if from union with the beloved.

Acharya Ramanuja. madgatajīvitāḥ mayā vinā ātmadhāraṇam alabhamānā ity arthaḥ — those who cannot live without me; svaiḥ svaiḥ anubhūtān madīyān guṇān parasparaṃ bodhayantaḥ — telling one another of the qualities each has experienced; vaktāraḥ tadvacanena ananyaprayojanena tuṣyanti, śrotāraś ca tacchravaṇena anavadhikātiśayapriyeṇa ramante — the speakers are content in speaking, the listeners delight in hearing.

Acharya Ramanuja — further. A beautiful explanation: vaktāraḥ tadvacanena ananyaprayojanena tuṣyanti, śrotāraś ca tacchravaṇena anavadhikātiśayapriyeṇa ramante — the speakers are content simply in speaking (with no other aim), and the listeners revel in the boundless joy of hearing. For him "madgataprāṇāḥ" = mayā vinā ātmadhāraṇam alabhamānāḥ — those who simply cannot live without me.

Madhusudana Saraswati. He distinguishes "bodhayantah" from "kathayantah": vidvadgoṣṭhīṣu parasparam anyonyaṃ śrutibhir yuktibhiś ca mām eva bodhayantaḥ — explaining to one another in gatherings of the learned, through scripture and reasoning; and svaśiṣyebhyaś ca mām eva kathayanta upadiśantaś ca — teaching their own disciples. Their contentment: etāvataiva labdhasarvārthā vayam alam anyena labdhavyena — "In this alone we have gained everything; we need nothing more."

Shridhar Swami. nyāyopetaiḥ śrutyādipramāṇair bodhayantaḥ — they explain through sound, reasoned means of knowledge; tuṣyanty anumodanena — they are content in affirming one another's words.

Vedanta Deshika. "Bodhayantah" = telling what is not yet known; "kathayantah" = narrating events (the divine plays, lilas) — two different activities.

AI-assisted draft translation — under review.

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