Chapters: | | Chapter 10 | The Infinite Glories of the Ultimate Truth | Verse 15 | | |
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Sanskrit:
Sanskrit Vocals
Transliteration:
Anvaya:
Translation:
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Rudra Vaisnava Sampradaya: Visnuswami |
Sridhara Swami's Commentary
So it is clear that only the Supreme Lord Krishna can know Himself, only by
Himself and no one else and nothing else is capable. Out of venerable and
great reverence Arjuna addresses Lord Krishna with vocative epithets such
as purusottama the greatest personality, bhutesa the Lord of all beings,
deva-deva the God of Gods, jagat-pate the Lord of the universe protector of
all the worlds.
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| Brahma Vaisnava Sampradaya: Madhvacarya | There is no commentary for this verse.
| Sri Vaisnava Sampradaya: Ramanuja |
Ramanuja's Commentary
Lord Krishna is being addressed here as Purusottama meaning the Supreme
Personality and it is being confirmed that only He can be cognisant of His
own Self by His own knowledge and none other. The words bhuta-bhavana means
universal father denoting the progenitor of all beings. The word bhutesa
means the Lord of all beings indicating the absolute controller. The words
jagat-pate refers to Jagannatha the Lord and master of creation. The words
deva-deva means God of gods and instructs that even as the demigods excel
in innumerable auspicious qualities of form, beauty, aesthetics, etc. over
lower and lower creations such as human, animal, birds and reptiles. In the
same way the Supreme Lord excels over all of the demigods and any other
conceivable god as well.
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| Kumara Vaisnava Sampradaya: Nimbaditya |
Kesava Kasmiri's Commentary
O' Purusottama meaning the Supreme personality is being used to address
Lord Krishna in the vocative case and is being elaborated further by four
additional epithets describing His ultimate position as progenitor of all
beings, Lord of all beings, Lord of lords and Lord of the universe. In
conclusion it is stated that only the Supreme Lord knows Himself by the
power of His Self and none else.
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| Thus ends commentaries of chapter 10, verse 15 of the Srimad Bhagavad-Gita.
Verse 15
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