Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Vijnana YogaChapter 7, Shloka 18 (7.18)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्
आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्
॥ 7.18 ॥
udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tvātmaiva me matam
āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā māmevānuttamāṃ gatim
Translation
"All these (four) are noble; but the wise one is my very self — this is my view; for, with a collected mind, he abides in me alone, taking me as the highest goal."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Udārāḥ utkṛṣṭāḥ sarva eva ete trayo'pi mama priyā eva … na hi kaścit mad-bhaktaḥ mama vāsudevasya apriyaḥ bhavati — the three as well are excellent and dear to me; no devotee of mine is ever not dear to me. Jñānī tu ātmaiva na anyo mattaḥ iti me … matam — the wise one is not separate from me; he is my very self; aham eva bhagavān vāsudevaḥ na anyo'smi ity evaṃ yuktātmā — collected in the feeling "I am the Lord Vasudeva himself, not other".
Acharya Ramanuja — a beautiful meaning of "udara". Sarve eva ete mām eva upāsate iti udārāḥ vadānyāḥ, ye matto yat kiñcid api gṛhṇanti te hi mama sarvasva-dāyinaḥ — all these worship me alone, and so they are udara — generous givers; those who take anything at all from me are the ones who give me their all! Jñānī tu ātmā eva me matam, tad-āyattātma-dhāraṇaḥ aham iti manye — the wise one is my very self — I consider that I sustain myself by depending on him; because he cannot survive without me, ataḥ tena vinā mama api ātma-dhāraṇaṃ na saṃbhavati — so without him I too cannot sustain myself.
The difference: Shankara — "my very self" = non-difference; Ramanuja — "my very self" = mutual dependence in love (the Lord too "cannot live" without the devotee — the poetic summit of bhakti).
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.