BhG 18.68

ya idaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ mad-bhakteṣv abhidhāsyati
bhaktiṃ mayi parāṃ kṛtvā mām evaiṣyaty asaṃśayaḥ

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syntax


yaḥ (he who) idam paramam guhyam (this supreme secret) mad-bhakteṣu (among my devotees) abhidhāsyati (he will explain),
[saḥ] (he) mayi (in me) parām bhaktim (the supreme love) kṛtvā (after doing)
mām eva (just to me) eṣyati (he will come),
asaṁśayaḥ (without doubt) [asti] (it is).

 

grammar

yaḥ – yat sn. 1n.1 m. – he who;
idam – idam 2n.1 n. – this;
paramam – parama 2n.1 n. – supreme, the highest (superlative of: para – beyond, ancient, final, the best, the supreme);
guhyam – guhya (√xguh – to cover, to hide) PF 2n.1 n. – to be hidden, secret;
mad-bhakteṣu – mad-bhakta 7n.3 m.; TP: mama bhakteṣv iti – among my devotees (from: mat – the basic form of a personal ponoun „I” singular used in compounds; √bhaj – to share, to love, to rejoice, to worship, PP bhakta – distributed, divided, loved; worshipper, devotee, loving);
abhidhāsyati – abhi-√dhā (to explain, to speak) Fut. P 1v.1 – he will explain;
bhaktim – bhakti 2n.1 f. – devotion, love, fondness (from: √bhaj – to share, to love, to rejoice, to worship, bhakta – distributed, divided, loved; worshipper, devotee, loving);
mayi – asmat sn. 7n.1 – in me;
parām – para 2n.1 f. – beyond, ancient, final, the best, the supreme;
kṛtvā – √kṛ (to do) absol. – after doing;
mām – asmat sn. 2n.1 – me;
eva – av. – certainly, just, merely;
eṣyati – √i (to go) Fut. P 1v.1 – he will go;
asaṁśayaḥ – a-saṁśaya 1n.1 m. – without doubt (from: sam-√śī – to waver);

 

textual variants


ya idaṁ → ya imaṁ / idaṁ yaḥ (he who this / this he who);
abhidhāsyati → abhidhāsyate (he will explain);
bhaktiṁ mayi → mayi bhaktiṁ (love to me);
mām evaiṣyaty → mām eveṣyaty / sa māmeṣyaty (just to me he will come / he will come to me);
evaiṣyaty asaṁśayaḥ → bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ (he will become without doubt);
asaṁśayaḥ → asaṁśayaṁ (without doubt);

The fourth pada of verse 18.68 is similar to the fourth pada of verse BhG 8.7;

 
 



Śāṃkara


sampradāyasya kartuḥ phalam idānīm āha—
ya imaṃ yathoktaṃ paramaṃ parama-niḥśreyasārthaṃ keśavārjunayoḥ saṃvāda-rūpaṃ granthaṃ guhyaṃ gopyatamaṃ mad-bhakteṣu mayi bhaktimatsv abhidhāsyati vakṣyati, granthato’rthataś ca sthāpayiṣyatīty arthaḥ, yathā tvayi mayā | bhakteḥ punar grahaṇāt bhakti-mātreṇa kevalena śāstra-sampradāne pātraṃ bhavatīti gamyate | katham abhidhāsyatīti, ucyate—bhaktiṃ mayi parāṃ kṛtvā bhagavataḥ parama-guror acyutasya śuśrūṣā mayā kriyate ity evaṃ kṛtvety arthaḥ | tasyedaṃ phalaṃ—mām evaiṣyati mucyata eva | asaṃśayo’tra saṃśayo na kartavyaḥ
 

Rāmānuja


idaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ madbhakteṣu yaḥ abhidhāsyati vyākhyāsyati, saḥ mayi paramāṃ bhaktiṃ kṛtvā mām evaiṣyati; na tatra saṃśayaḥ
 

Śrīdhara


etair doṣair virahitebhyo gītā-śāstropadeṣṭuḥ phalam āha ya iti | mad-bhakteṣv abhidhāsyati mad-bhaktebhyo ya vakṣyati | sa mayi parāṃ bhaktiṃ karoti tato niḥsaṃśayaḥ san mām eva prāpnotīty arthaḥ
 

Viśvanātha


etad upadeṣṭuḥ phalam āha ya iti dvābhyām | parāṃ bhaktiṃ kṛtveti prathamaṃ parama-bhakti-prāptiḥ | tato mat-prāptiḥ | etad upadeṣṭur bhavati
 

Baladeva


śāstropadeṣṭuḥ phalam āha ya iti | etad upadeṣṭur ādau mat-para-bhakti-lābhas tato mat-pada-lābho bhavati
 
 



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