Chapter 9, Verse 15
Text
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते। एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
Transliteration
jñāna-yajñena chāpyanye yajanto mām upāsate ekatvena pṛithaktvena bahudhā viśhvato-mukham
Word Meanings
jñāna-yajñena—yajña of cultivating knowledge; cha—and; api—also; anye—others; yajantaḥ—worship; mām—me; upāsate—worship; ekatvena—undifferentiated oneness; pṛithaktvena—separately; bahudhā—various; viśhwataḥ-mukham—the cosmic form
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Translations
In English by Swami Adidevananda
Others, besides offering the sacrifice of knowledge, also worship Me as One, who is characterized by diversity in countless ways and is multiform (in My Cosmic aspect).
In English by Swami Sivananda
Others also, sacrificing with the wisdom-sacrifice, worship Me, the All-Faced, as one, distinct, and manifold.
In Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdas
।।9.15।। दूसरे साधक ज्ञानयज्ञके द्वारा एकीभावसे (अभेद-भावसे) मेरा पूजन करते हुए मेरी उपासना करते हैं और दूसरे कई साधक अपनेको पृथक् मानकर चारों तरफ मुखवाले मेरे विराट्ररुपकी अर्थात् संसारको मेरा विराट्ररुप मानकर (सेव्य-सेवकभावसे) मेरी अनेक प्रकारसे उपासना करते हैं।
In English by Swami Sivananda
9.15 ज्ञानयज्ञेन with the wisdomsacrifice, च and, अपि also, अन्ये others, यजन्तः sacrificing, माम् Me,,उपासते worhsip, एकत्वेन as one, पृथक्त्वेन as different, बहुधा in various ways, विश्वतोमुखम् the Allfaced.Commentary Others too sacrificing by the wisdomsacrifice, i.e., seeing the Self in all, adore Me the One and the manifold, present everywhere. They regard all the forms they see as the forms of God, all sounds they hear as the names of God. They give all objects they eat as offerings unto the Lord in vaious ways.Some adore Him with the knowledge that there is only one Reality, the Supreme Being Who is ExistenceKnowledgeBliss. They identify themselves with the Truth or Brahman. This is the Monistic view of the Vedantins. Some worship Him making a distinction between the Lord and themselves with the attitude of master and servant. This is the view of the Dualistic School of philosophy. Some worship Him with the knowledge that He exists as the various divinities, Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Siva, etc.Visvatomukham Others worship Him who has assumed all the manifold forms in the world, Who exists in all the forms as the Allfaced (the one Lord exists in all the different forms with His face on all sides, as it were). (Cf.IV.33)
In Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdas
।।9.15।। व्याख्या--[जैसे, भूखे आदमियोंकी भूख एक होती है और भोजन करनेपर सबकी तृप्ति भी एक होती है परन्तु उनकी भोजनके पदार्थोंमें रुचि भिन्न-भिन्न होती है। ऐसे ही परिवर्तनशील अनित्य संसारकी तरफ लगे हुए लोग कुछ भी करते हैं, पर उनकी तृप्ति नहीं होती, वे अभावग्रस्त ही रहते हैं। जब वे संसारसे विमुख होकर परमात्माकी तरफ ही चलते हैं, तब परमात्माकी प्राप्ति होनेपर उन सबकी तृप्ति हो जाती है अर्थात् वे कृतकृत्य, ज्ञात-ज्ञातव्य और प्राप्त-प्राप्तव्य हो जाते हैं। परन्तु उनकी रुचि, योग्यता, श्रद्धा, विश्वास आदि भिन्नभिन्न होते हैं। इसलिये उनकी उपासनाएँ भी भिन्न-भिन्न होती हैं।]