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सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम्। असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च ॥
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sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriyavivarjitam asaktaṃ sarvabhṛccaiva nirguṇaṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882and faces on all sides it has ears on all sides it stands pervading everything in the world. Possessed of the qualities of all the senses, (but) devoid of all senses, unattached, it supports all, is devoid of qualities, and the enjoyer of qualities.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।13.15।। -- सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वाणि च तानि इन्द्रियाणि श्रोत्रादीनि बुद्धीन्द्रियकर्मेन्द्रियाख्यानि? अन्तःकरणे च बुद्धिमनसी? ज्ञेयोपाधित्वस्य तुल्यत्वात्? सर्वेन्द्रियग्रहणेन गृह्यन्ते। अपि च? अन्तःकरणोपाधिद्वारेणैव श्रोत्रादीनामपि उपाधित्वम् इत्यतः अन्तःकरणबहिष्करणोपाधिभूतैः सर्वेन्द्रियगुणैः अध्यवसायसंकल्पश्रवणवचनादिभिः अवभासते इति सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियव्यापारैः व्यापृतमिव तत् ज्ञेयम् इत्यर्थः ध्यायतीव लेलायतीव (बृह0 उ0 4।3।7) इति श्रुतेः। कस्मात् पुनः कारणात् न व्यापृतमेवेति गृह्यते इत्यतः आह -- सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम्? सर्वकरणरहितमित्यर्थः। अतः न करणव्यापारैः व्यापृतं तत् ज्ञेयम्। यस्तु अयं मन्त्रः -- अपाणिपादो जवनो ग्रहीता पश्यत्यचक्षुः स श्रृणोत्यकर्णः (श्वे0 उ0 3।19) इत्यादिः? स सर्वेन्द्रियोपाधिगुणानुगुण्यभजनशक्तिमत् तत् ज्ञेयम् इत्येवं प्रदर्शनार्थः? न तु साक्षादेव जवनादिक्रियावत्त्वप्रदर्शनार्थः। अन्धो मणिमविन्दत् (तै0 आ0 1।11) इत्यादिमन्त्रार्थवत् तस्य मन्त्रस्य अर्थः। यस्मात् सर्वकरणवर्जितं ज्ञेयम्? तस्मात् असक्तं सर्वसंश्लेषवर्जितम्। यद्यपि एवम्? तथापि सर्वभृच्च एव। सदास्पदं हि सर्वं सर्वत्र सद्बुद्ध्यनुगमात्। न हि मृगतृष्णिकादयोऽपि निरास्पदाः भवन्ति। अतः सर्वभृत् सर्वं बिभर्ति इति। स्यात् इदं च अन्यत् ज्ञेयस्य सत्त्वाधिगमद्वारम् -- निर्गुणं सत्त्वरजस्तमांसि गुणाः तैः वर्जितं तत् ज्ञेयम्? तथापि गुणभोक्तृ च गुणानां सत्त्वरजस्तमसां शब्दादिद्वारेण सुखदुःखमोहाकारपरिणतानां भोक्तृ च उपलब्धृ च तत् ज्ञेयम् इत्यर्थः।।किञ्च --,
8a5ca9f3e673…Rāmānuja
13.15 Sarvendriya-gunabhasam i.e., shining by the functions of the senses - means that which is shedding light on the functions of all the senses. The 'Gunas' of the senses means the activities of the senses. The meaning is that the self is capable of knowing the objects with the functioning of the senses. 'Yet devoid of the senses' i.e., It is capable by Itself, of knowing everything. Such is the meaning. It is 'detached', namely, It is free, by nature, from attachment to the bodies of gods etc. 'Yet supporting all,' yet capable of supporting all bodies, such as of gods etc., as declared in the Sruti. 'It is one, is threefold ৷৷.' (Cha. U., 7.26.2). It is devoid of Gunas, i.e., by nature It is devoid of Sattva etc., and yet It is the experiencer of the Gunas' - It has the capability to experience Sattva etc.
9cb5db52f1e8…Swami Sivananda
13.15 सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासम् shining by the functions of all senses? सर्वेन्द्रयविवर्जितम् (yet) without the senses? असक्तम् unattached? सर्वभृत् (yet) supporting all? च and? एव even? निर्गुणम् devoid of alities? गुणभोक्तृ (yet) experiencer of the alities? च and.Commentary Brahman sees without eyes? hears without ears? smells without nose? eats without mouth? feels without skin? grasps without hands? walks without feet. He is the unseen seer? the unheard hearer? the unthought thinker. Other than Him there is no seer? no hearer? no thinker. He is the Self? the Inner Ruler? the Immortal. (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad III.7.23) He is free from the,alities of Nature and yet He is the enjoyer of the alities.All the senses The five organs of knowledge and the five organs of action? the inner senses? mind and intellect come under the term all the senses. The organs of action and those of knowledge perform their functions in conjunction with the mind and the intellect. They cannot function independently. Therefore? the mind and the intellect are included in the term all the senses.Brahman is transcendental and unmanifest? but It manifests Itself through the limiting adjuncts of the extrnal and the internal senses. As It is destitute of the senses It is unattached and yet It supports all. It is the support or substratum of everything. It is destitute of the alities of Nature and yet It is the enjoyer of those alities. Brahman is really mysterious.This verse is taken from the Svetasvataropanishad 3.17.
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