Shloka 126
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
कूटस्थं कर्त निर्दधन्द्रमकर्तेति च यं विदु: । व्यक्तिभावगतस्यास्य एका मूर्तिरियं शुभा
kūṭasthaṃ kartaṃ nirdahandram akarteti ca yaṃ viduḥ | vyaktibhāvagatasya asya ekā mūrtir iyaṃ śubhā
ارجن نے کہا—“اسے کُوٹستھ (غیر متبدّل) جانا جاتا ہے؛ اسے بندھنوں کو جلا دینے والا کرتا بھی کہتے ہیں اور اَکرتا بھی۔ اسی حقیقت کی، جب وہ ظہور کے انداز میں آتی ہے، یہ ایک مبارک صورت ہے۔”
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a two-level understanding of ultimate Reality: from the empirical standpoint it is spoken of as the ‘doer’ that burns away bondage, while from the highest standpoint it is ‘non-doer’—unchanging and beyond agency. The same Reality can also be approached as an auspicious manifest form for contemplation and devotion.
Arjuna is articulating a philosophical clarification: how the same supreme principle is described with seemingly opposite attributes (doer/non-doer, manifest/immutable). He points to a particular ‘auspicious form’ as one manifestation of that Reality when it is considered in a personal, manifest mode.