Sanskrit · Devanagari
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्। आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tvātmaiva me matam āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā māmevānuttamāṃ gatim
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882All these are noble. But the man possessed of knowledge is deemed by me to be my own self. For he with (his) self devoted to abstraction has taken to me as the goal than which there is nothing higher.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।7.18।। उदाराः उत्कृष्टाः सर्व एव एते त्रयोऽपि मम प्रिया एवेत्यर्थः। न हि कश्चित् मद्भक्तः मम वासुदेवस्य अप्रियः भवति। ज्ञानी तु अत्यर्थं प्रियो भवतीति विशेषः। तत् कस्मात् इत्यत आह ज्ञानी तु आत्मैव न अन्यो मत्तः इति मे मम मतं निश्चयः। आस्थितः आरोढुं प्रवृत्तः सः ज्ञानी हि यस्मात् अहमेव भगवान् वासुदेवः न अन्योऽस्मि इत्येवं युक्तात्मा समाहितचित्तः सन् मामेव परं ब्रह्म गन्तव्यम् अनुत्तमां गतिं गन्तुं प्रवृत्त इत्यर्थः।।ज्ञानी पुनरपि स्तूयते
1241f7030676…Rāmānuja
7.18 Because they worship Me alone, all these are generous i.e., benefactors. For, those who receive from Me anything, however small they are, I consider them as contributing everything to Me (and thus as benefactors). But I deem the man of knowledge to be My very self. I consider Myself as depending on him for My support. Why is it so? Because this person considers Me to be the highest and finds it impossible to support himself without Me; I also find it impossible to be without him. Thus, verily, he is My self. The attainment of this state of mind reires innumerable auspicious births. It is attained after gaining the knowledge of the real nature of the self and the self feels that Its happiness consists in being a dependant (Sesa) of Myself.
e7647bbf81ed…Swami Sivananda
7.18 उदाराः noble? सर्वे all? एव surely? एते these? ज्ञानी the wise? तु but? आत्मा Self? एव very? मे My? मतम् opinion? आस्थितः is established? सः he? हि verily? युक्तात्मा steadfastminded? माम् Me? एव verily? अनुत्तमाम्,the supreme? गतिम् goal.Commentary Are not the other three kinds of devotees dear to the Lord They are. They are all noble souls. But the wise man is exceedingly dear because he has a steady mind he has fixed his mind on Brahman. He does not want any worldly object? but only the Supreme Being. He seeks Brahman alone as the supreme goal. He practises Ahamgraha Upasana (meditation on the Self as the all). He tries to realise that he is identical with the Supreme Self. Therefore I regard a wise man as My very Self. (Cf.II.49)
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