line in the Gita

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In a private mail , Sri Narendran

inquired about the following line

appearing verbatim in Sri Bhagavadh GitA :

 

mama vatmaanuvarthanthE manushyA: paartha sarvasa:

 

This same line appears in the slokam of

Chapter III( slOkam 22) dealing with

Karma Yogam and again in chapter IV

(slOkam 10 ) dealing with J~nAna karma sanyAsa

yOgam .

 

Sri Narendran wanted to know how AchAryAs

like Sri Ramanuja and Swami Desikan intrepret

this text appearing under two different

chapters .

 

Inview of possible interest on the subject by

other membersof the group and to facilitate

additional discussions from experts in

Sri Bhagavadh Gita like Professor Prasad ,

I will post my response in the Bhakthi list.

Hope Sri Narendran does not mind it .

V.Sadagopan

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line in the Gita

 

 

Dear Dr. Sadagopan,

 

The phrase `mama vartma anuvartante manushyaa: paartha sarva"sa:'

appears twice in the Gita. How do Ramanuja and Vedanta Desika explain

this line?

 

Thanks, and regards,

 

Narendran