Gita Bhashya -Sankara 840

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -18

Ya imam paramam guhyam mad-bhaktesvabhidhāsyati Bhaktim muyi param krtvd nnīmovai?yatyasamśayalj 68. He who with supreme devotion to Me will teach this Supreme Secret to My devotees shall doubtless come to Myself. He who will teach this, establish this aforesaid Śāstra in the form of a dialogue between (Mc), Keśava and Arjuna, by teaching both the text itself and its import, as I have established it by teach­ ing it to you; Supreme Secret, being the means to the Highest Bliss, to My devotees, to those who have devotion to Me;-by the repetition of'devotion' here, it is understood that by merely having devotion to the Lord one becomes worthy of being taught the Sāstra.- How one should teach it is being stated: with supreme devotion to Me, with the conviction "I am (thus) engaged in the service of the Lord, the Supreme Guru". For such a person, this is the fruit: he shall doubtless come to Myself, he will be liberated; of this no doubt need be entertained.