Gita Bhashya -Sankara 590

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -14

Śn Bhagavān-uvāca- Param bhūyah pravaksyātni jñānānārn jñāttamuttamam Yaj-jñātva munayah sarve parām siddhim-ito gatāh The Blessed Lord said- 1. Again shall I tell you that supreme Knowledge which is above all knowledge, having known which all the Munis (Sages) have passed to high perfection from here. Again, although told more than once in all the preceding chapters, shall I tell you that supreme Knowledge,-supreme, be­ cause it relates to the Supreme Being,-which is above all knowledge, because it is productive of the most excellent result. 'All know­ ledge' docs not (here) refer to 'humility' and the rests, but to the knowledge about things which could be known, such as sacrifices. These (latter) are of no avail for liberation (moksa); but this (the supreme Knowledge) leads to moksa. Therefore, the Lord extols it by the attributes 'supreme' and 'above all knowledge', with a view to arousing interest in the mind of the hearer. Having known which, attained to which, all the Munis, samnyāsins who are devoted to meditation (manana), have passed, attained, to high perfection, known as liberation (moksa), from here, after being freed from this bondage of the body. The Lord now declares that this perfection is absolute (in­ variable) :