Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Vijnana YogaAdhyaay 7, Shloka 17 (7.17)
Mool Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते
प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः
॥ 7.17 ॥
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate
priyo hi jñānino'tyarthamahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ
Anuvaad
"Un mein gyaani — jo sada juda rehta hai aur jiski bhakti ek (mujh) mein hi hai — shreshth hai; kyonki main gyaani ko behad priya hoon, aur woh mujhe priya hai."
Bhaavaarth
Shankaracharya — aatma priya hoti hai. Jñānī tattvavit tattvavittvāt nitya-yuktaḥ bhavati eka-bhaktiś ca anyasya bhajanīyasya adarśanāt — tattva jaanne se sada yukt, aur kisi aur bhajne yogya ko na dekhne se eka-bhakti; priyo hi yasmāt aham ātmā jñāninaḥ … prasiddhaṃ hi loke ātmā priyo bhavati — main gyaani ki aatma hoon, aur aatma sabko priya hoti hai; sa ca jñānī mama vāsudevasya ātmaiva iti mama atyarthaṃ priyaḥ.
Aacharya Ramanuja — prem ki koi seema nahin. Tasya hi mad-eka-prāpyasya mayā yogo nityaḥ, itarayos tu yāvat svābhilaṣita-prāpti mayā yogaḥ — gyaani ka lakshya sirf main, isliye uska yog nitya; doosron ka tab tak jab tak unki chaahi cheez na mile. Atyartha-śabdo abhidheya-vacanaḥ, jñāninaḥ ahaṃ yathā priyaḥ tathā mayā sarvajñena sarvaśaktinā api abhidhātuṃ na śakyate … priyatvasya iyattā-rahitatvāt — "atyartham" ka arth: gyaani ko main kitna priya hoon, yeh main sarvagya, sarvashaktimaan bhi kehne mein samarth nahin, kyonki us prem ki koi seema nahin. Udaaharan: Prahlad — sa tv āsakta-matiḥ kṛṣṇe daśyamāno mahoragaiḥ, na viveda ātmano gātram (Vishnu Purana 1.17.39) — saanpon se dase jaane par bhi Krishna mein aasakt Prahlad ko apne sharir ka bodh nahin hua.
Antar: Shankara — priyata ka kaaran ekaatmata; Ramanuja — priyata aseem prem, sambandh mein do.