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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -18
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67. This (Glta-śāstra, taught) to you, is never to be told to one who is devoid of austerities; nor to one without devotion, nor to one who docs not render service; nor to one who cavils at Me. This (Gita) Śāstra, which has been taught to you by Me for your good, for the destruction of sariisāra, is never, under no circumstances whatever, to be told to one who is devoid of austeri ties:; nor to one, who though practising austerities, is without devo tion to the Preceptor (Guru) and to God (Deva); nor should it be told to one who, though devoted and practising austerities, does not render service[1]; nor to one who cavils at Me, who, taking Me, Vāsudeva, to be an ordinary mortal, knows Me not to be the Lord (Iśvara), erroneously attributes to Me faults such as indulging in self-praise, and does not accept the idea that I am the Lord; such a person also is un-dcserving; and this (Śāstra) should not be told to him also. |
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References and Context
- ↑ The word, ' aśuśrūsu', literally means ' one who does not wish to hear and learn '; and one who wants to learn must render service (IV. 34). Serving the Guru and hearing and learning from the Gtiru arc meant.
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