13.5 Others have sung this Krishna speaks
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्
ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः
ṛiṣhibhir bahudhā gītaṁ chhandobhir vividhaiḥ pṛithak
brahma-sūtra-padaiśh chaiva hetumadbhir viniśhchitaiḥ
It has been sung by the seers in many ways, in various hymns, and in the aphorisms on Brahman, with reasoning.
Explanation
A rare acknowledgement of other voices.
The seers have sung this in many ways, in hymns, and in the aphorisms on Brahman, with reasoning.
The Gita seldom cites anything, and chapter 2 was rude about people who lean on the texts. Here it places itself inside a tradition of argument rather than above one.
Word by word
- ṛiṣhibhiḥ
- by great sages
- bahudhā
- in manifold ways
- gītam
- sung
- chhandobhiḥ
- in Vedic hymns
- vividhaiḥ
- various
- pṛithak
- variously
- brahma-sūtra
- the Brahma Sūtra
- padaiḥ
- by the hymns
- cha
- and
- eva
- especially
- hetu-madbhiḥ
- with logic
- viniśhchitaiḥ
- conclusive evidence
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