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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -18
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By implication it is understood that the Śāstra is to be taught to him who is devoted to the Lord, who is a man of austerities, who renders service (wishing to hear and learn), and who does not cavil at the Lord. Now, from the (scriptural) statement made elsewhere, "either to an intelligent person or to a man of austerities", we understand that the two arc alternatives. Accordingly, this Śa.itra is to be taught to a man of austerities who renders service and is devoted, or to a man of intelligence possessed of the said two attributes. It should not be taught to a man of austerities, or to a man of intelligence, if he does not render service and is not devoted. It should not be taught to him also, who cavils at the Lord, even if he possesses all the (other) merits. It should be taught to one who renders service to the teacher and is devoted. This is the code ns to the handing down of the Śāstra. Now the Lord states the results accruing to him who hands down the (Gltā-) Teaching: |
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