Chapter 13, Verse 4
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्। ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।
ṛṣibhirbahudhā gītaṃ chandobhirvividhaiḥ pṛthak. brahmasūtrapadaiścaiva hetumadbhirviniścitaiḥ.. 13.5..
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- ऋषिभिः
- by the sages (instrumental plural)
- बहुधा
- in many ways / variously
- गीतं
- sung, described, expounded (referring to 'that' - the field/kṣetra - from the previous verse)
- छन्दोभिः
- by the Vedic hymns/meters (i.e., in the various Vedic verses)
- विविधैः
- various, diverse
- पृथक्
- separately, distinctly
- ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैः
- by the aphoristic words/statements of the Brahma-sūtras (i.e., Vedāntic aphorisms)
- च
- and
- एव
- indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)
- हेतुमद्भिः
- possessing reasoning, backed by logical grounds
- विनिश्चितैः
- definitively ascertained, conclusively determined
Commentary
4. Sung by sages, in many ways and distinct- ly, in various hymns, as also in the suggestive words about Brahman, full of reasoning and decisive.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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ऋषिभिः
बहुधा
गीतं
छन्दोभिः
विविधैः
पृथक्
ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैः
च
एव
हेतुमद्भिः
विनिश्चितैः
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