Sanskrit · Devanagari
ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम्। मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃstathaiva bhajāmyaham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882and wrath have departed who are full of me who depend on me and who are purified by the penance of knowledge have come into my essence. I serve men in the way in which they approach me. In every way, O son of Pṛthā! men follow in my path.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।4.11।। ये यथा येन प्रकारेण येन प्रयोजनेन यत्फलार्थितया मां प्रपद्यन्ते तान् तथैव तत्फलदानेन भजामि अनुगृह्णामि अहम् इत्येतत्। तेषां मोक्षं प्रति अनर्थित्वात्। न हि एकस्य मुमुक्षुत्वं फलार्थित्वं च युगपत् संभवति। अतः ये फलार्थिनः तान् फलप्रदानेन ये यथोक्तकारिणस्तु अफलार्थिनः मुमुक्षवश्च तान् ज्ञानप्रदानेन ये ज्ञानिनः संन्यासिनः मुमुक्षवश्च तान् मोक्षप्रदानेन तथा आर्तान् आर्तिहरणेन इत्येवं यथा प्रपद्यन्ते ये तान् तथैव भजामि इत्यर्थः। न पुनः रागद्वेषनिमित्तं मोहनिमित्तं वा कञ्चित् भजामि। सर्वथापि सर्वावस्थस्य मम ईश्वरस्य वर्त्म मार्गम् अनुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः यत्फलार्थितया यस्मिन् कर्मणि अधिकृताः ये प्रयतन्ते ते मनुष्या अत्र उच्यन्ते हे पार्थ सर्वशः सर्वप्रकारैः।।यदि तव ईश्वरस्य रागादिदोषाभावात् सर्वप्राणिषु अनुजिघृक्षायां तुल्यायां सर्वफलप्रदानसमर्थे च त्वयि सति वासुदेवःसर्वम् इति ज्ञानेनैव मुमुक्षवः सन्तः कस्मात् त्वामेव सर्वे न प्रतिपद्यन्ते इति शृणु तत्र कारणम्
4819353836c3…Rāmānuja
4.11 Whoever desirous of resorting to Me, in whatever manner they think of Me according to their inclinations and take refuge in Me, i.e., resort to Me - I favour them in the same manner as desired by them; I reveal Myself to them. Why say much here! All men who are intent on following Me do experience, with their own eyes and other organs of sense in all ways, i.e., in every way wished by them, My form (including images), however inaccessible it might be to speech and thought of the Yogins. Now, after completing the incidental topic (with regard to divine incarnations), in order to teach the mode in which Karma Yoga itself acires the form of Jnana, He begins to speak of the difficulty in finding persons who are alified for Karma Yoga of this kind.
dd3036190394…Swami Sivananda
4.11 ये who? यथा in whatever way? माम् Me? प्रपद्यन्ते approach? तान् them? तथा so? एव even? भजामि reward? अहम् I? मम My? वर्त्म path? अनुवर्तन्ते follow? मनुष्याः men? पार्थ O Partha? सर्वशः in all ways.Commentary I reward men by bestowing on them the objects they desire in accordance with their ways and the motives with which they seek Me. If anyone worships Me with selfish motives I grant him the objects he desires. If he worships Me unselfishly for attaining knowledge of the Self? I grant him Moksha or final liberation. I am not at all partial to anyone. (Cf.VII.21andIX.23).
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