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Bhagavad Gita · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaChapter 9, Shloka 5 (9.5)

Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्

न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्
भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममाऽऽत्मा भूतभावनः
॥ 9.5 ॥

na ca matsthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogamaiśvaram
bhūtabhṛnna ca bhūtastho mamā''tmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ

Translation

"And yet (in truth) beings do not rest in me (as things rest in a container) — behold my divine yoga: I am the sustainer of beings, yet I do not rest in them; my very self brings beings into being."

Interpretation

Shankaracharya — non-attachment. Paśya me yogaṃ yuktiṃ ghaṭanaṃ … ātmano yāthātmyam — my yoga, that is, the true nature of the self; śrutiḥ asaṃsargitvāt asaṅgatāṃ darśayati — "asaṅgo na hi sajjate" (Brihadaranyaka 3.9.26) — it is unattached, it does not cling; bhūta-bhṛt asaṅgo'pi san bhūtāni bibharti — though unattached, it sustains beings — that is the wonder. Saying "my self" is loka-buddhim anusaran — following ordinary ways of speaking.

Acharya Ramanuja — sustaining by will. Na ghaṭādīnāṃ jalādeḥ iva mama dhārakatvam, kathaṃ? mat-saṃkalpena — I do not hold things as a pot holds water; how then? by my will; sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ bhartā ahaṃ na ca taiḥ kaścid api mama upakāraḥ; mama ātmā eva bhūta-bhāvanaḥ, mama mano-mayaḥ saṃkalpa eva bhūtānāṃ bhāvayitā dhārayitā niyantā ca — my will itself is what creates, sustains and governs all beings.

The difference: Shankara — the paradox of the unattached self (pure consciousness); Ramanuja — the power of will, which sustains everything without any physical contact.

AI-assisted draft translation — under review.

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