Sanskrit · Devanagari
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन। अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
sargāṇāmādirantaśca madhyaṃ caivāhamarjuna adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatāmaham
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882O Arjuna! Among sciences I am the science of the Adhyātma and I am the argument of controversialists.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।10.32।। --,सर्गाणां सृष्टीनाम् आदिः अन्तश्च मध्यं चैव अहम् उत्पत्तिस्थितिलयाः अहम् अर्जुन। भूतानां जीवाधिष्ठितानामेव आदिः अन्तश्च इत्याद्युक्तम् उपक्रमे? इह तु सर्वस्यैव सर्गमात्रस्य इति विशेषः। अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां मोक्षार्थत्वात् प्रधानमस्मि। वादः अर्थनिर्णयहेतुत्वात् प्रवदतां प्रधानम्? अतः सः अहम् अस्मि। प्रवक्तृद्वारेण वदनभेदानामेव वादजल्पवितण्डानाम् इह ग्रहणं प्रवदताम् इति।।
fa86c62018e6…Rāmānuja
10.32 Those that undergo creation are 'creatures'. Their beginning is the cause. The meaning is that, of the creatures which are being created at all times, I am Myself the creator. Similarly, I am the end, namely the destroyer of everyone of those who are being destroyed at all times. Similarly I am the middle, namely, the sustentation. The meaning is, I am the sustainer of those who are being sustained at all times. Of those who indulge in Jalpa (argument) and Vitanda (perverse criticism) etc., I am the fair reasoning which determines the truth.
921a38418f41…Swami Sivananda
10.32 सर्गाणाम् among creations? आदिः the beginning? अन्तः the end? च and? मध्यम् the middle? च and? एव also? अहम् I? अर्जुन O Arjuna? अध्यात्मविद्या the science of the Self? विद्यानाम् among sciences? वादः logic? प्रवदताम् among controversialists? अहम् I.Commentary I am the metaphysics among all sciences. I am knowledge of the Self among all branches of knowledge. I am the argument of dators. I am the logic of disputants. I am the speech of orators.In verse 20 above the Lord says? I am the beginning? the middle and the end of the whole movable and immovable creation. Here the whole creation in general is referred to.As the knowledge of the Self leads to the attainment of the final beatitude of life or salvation? it is the chief among all branches of knowledge.Pravadatam By the word controversialists? we should here understand the various kinds of people using various kinds of argumentation in logic such as Vada? Jalpa and Vitanda. Yada is a way of arguing by which one gets at the truth of a certain estion. The aspirants who are free from RagaDvesha and jealousy raise amongst themselves estions and answers and enter into discussions on philosophical problems in order to ascertain and understand the nature of the Truth. They do not argue in order to gain victory over one another. This is Vada. Jalpa is wrangling in which one asserts his own opinion and refutes that of his opponent. Vitanda is idle carping at the arguments of ones opponents. No attempt is made to establish the other side of the estion. In Jalpa and Vitanda one tries to defeat another. There is desire for victory.
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