Bhagavad Gita · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaChapter 9, Shloka 31 (9.31)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति
कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति
॥ 9.31 ॥
kṣipraṃ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṃ nigacchati
kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati
Translation
"He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O Kaunteya, make this pledge (declare it) — my devotee never perishes."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Kṣipraṃ śīghraṃ bhavati dharmātmā dharma-cittaḥ eva; śaśvat nityaṃ śāntiṃ ca upaśamaṃ nigacchati; kaunteya pratijānīhi niścitāṃ pratijñāṃ kuru … mayi samarpitāntarātmā mad-bhaktaḥ na praṇaśyati — make a firm pledge: my devotee, who has offered his inmost self to me, does not perish.
Acharya Ramanuja. mat-priyatva-kāritānanya-prayojana-mad-bhajanena vidhūta-pāpatayā eva samūlonmūlita-rajas-tamo-guṇaḥ kṣipraṃ dharmātmā bhavati — through worship, his sins are washed away, rajas and tamas are uprooted, and he quickly becomes righteous; śāśvatīm apunarāvartinīṃ mat-prāpti-virodhy-ācāra-nivṛttiṃ gacchati — a lasting end to the conduct that stood against reaching me; kaunteya tvam eva asmin arthe pratijñāṃ kuru mad-bhaktau upakrānto virodhy-ācāra-miśraḥ api na naśyati — you yourself make this pledge: one who has begun devotion to me does not perish, even if wrong conduct is still mixed in.
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