Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa YogaAdhyaay 4, Shloka 5 (4.5)
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श्रीभगवानुवाच
बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन
तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप
॥ 4.5 ॥
bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna
tānyahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha parantapa
Anuvaad
"Shri Bhagavan ne kaha: He Arjuna! Mere aur tumhare bhi bahut se janm beet chuke hain. Main un sabko jaanta hoon, (par) he Parantapa, tum nahin jaante."
Bhaavaarth
Jaanna aur na jaanna. Dono ke anek janm — par antar smriti aur gyaan mein: Krishna sab jaante hain, Arjuna nahin.
Shankaracharya — kyon? Arjuna nahin jaante kyonki dharmādharmādi-pratibaddha-jñāna-śaktitvāt — punya-paap aadi se unki gyaan-shakti dhaki hai. Krishna jaante hain kyonki nitya-śuddha-buddha-mukta-svabhāvatvāt anāvaraṇa-jñāna-śaktiḥ — nitya shuddh, buddh, mukt svabhaav ke kaaran unki gyaan-shakti par koi aavaran nahin. Aur agla prashn Shankara uthate hain: nitya Ishvara ka, jiske punya-paap nahin, janm kaise? — uttar 4.6.
Aacharya Ramanuja — janm satya hai. Anena janmanaḥ satyatvam uktam — is shloka se janm ki satyata kahi gayi: "mere bahut janm beete" kehne se, aur tava ca — "tumhare bhi" — ko drishtaant ke roop mein lene se. Yaani jaise Arjuna ke janm satya hain, waise hi Krishna ke bhi — mithya ya jaadoo nahin. (Antar janm ke prakaar mein hai — 4.6.)