Bhagavad Gita · Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaChapter 13, Shloka 12 (13.12)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
ज्ञेयं यत् तत् प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते
अनादिमत् परं ब्रह्म न सत् तन्नासदुच्यते
॥ 13.12 ॥
jñeyaṃ yat tat pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā'mṛtamaśnute
anādimat paraṃ brahma na sat tannāsaducyate
Translation
"That which is to be known, knowing which one attains immortality — I shall tell you of it: it is the beginningless supreme Brahman, which is said to be neither being (sat) nor non-being (asat)."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. anādimat, ādiḥ asya astīti ādimat, na ādimat anādimat … paraṃ niratiśayaṃ brahma; and a dispute: atra kecit anādi matparam iti padaṃ chindanti — some divide the words as "anadi mat-param" (that whose highest is Me); Shankara rejects this; na sat … na asat — because Brahman is not the object of any word or concept (class, action, quality, relation).
Acharya Ramanuja — the "mat-param" reading. amānitvādibhiḥ sādhanaiḥ jñeyaṃ prāpyaṃ yat pratyagātmasvarūpaṃ — what is to be known = the nature of the individual self; anādi … asya hi pratyagātmana utpattiḥ na vidyate — it has no origin; matparam — ahaṃ paro yasya tad matparam — that whose highest is Me (7.5 — "the higher prakriti in the form of the soul"); bhagavaccharīratayā bhagavaccheṣataikarasaṃ hi ātmasvarūpam — the self is the body of the Lord, belonging wholly to Him.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.