Gita Bhashya -Sankara 847

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -18

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And that, in this way:

Vyāsa-prasādācchrutavān-etad-guhyam-aham parain
Yogam Yogeśvarāt-Krsnāt-sāksāt-kathuyatah svayam

75. Through the grace of Vyāsa have I heard this supreme and most secret Yoga, direct from Krsna, the Lord of Yoga, Himself declaring it.

Through the grace of Vyāsa, having obtained from him divine vision ("divya-caksus")[1], have I heard this dialogue, which is the supreme and most secret Yoga: this dialogue is called Yoga because it leads to Yoga[2], or this dialogue itself is Yoga[3],-direct from Kfsm, the Lord of Yoga, Himself declaring it. and not through tradition (hearsay; transmitted from ear to car).

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References and Context

  1. ↑ vide note I, Chap. I.
  2. ↑ Yoga is two-fold, Jñāna-Yoga and Karma-Yoga; and this dialogue leads to them (both). (A)
  3. ↑ This dialogue is a means to Yoga, the concentration of the mind (citta) and therefore is itself Yoga. (A)

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Chapter No Chapter Name Page No
Introduction 2
1. Arjuna visada yogah (Yoga of the Dejection of Arjuna) 6
2. Saiukhya Yogah (Way of knowledge) 22
3. Karma Yogah (Way of action) 96
4. Jnana Karma Saninyasa Yogah (Way of renunciation of action in knowledge) 143
5. Karmasaninyasa Yogah (Way of renunciation of action) 195
6. Divyana Yogah (Way of meditation) 233
7. Saptamo (A) Dhyayah Jnana-Vijnana-yogah (Way of knowledge with realisation) 288
8. Taraka Brahma Yogah (Saving knowledge of Brahman) 319
9. Raja-Vidya Raja-Guhya Yogah (Yoga of kingly knowledge and kingly secret) 348
10. Vibhuti Yogah (Mode of Divine Glory) 385
11. Visvarapa Darsanam (Vision of the Universal Form) 428
12. Bhakti Yogah (Way of Devotion) 484
13. Prakrti-Purusa-Viveka-Yogah (Way of Discrimi­nating Matter and Spirit) 509
14. Guna-Traya-Vibhaga Yogah (The Way of Discriminating the Three Gunas) 589
15. Purusottama Yogah (Way to the Supreme Spirit) 621
16. Daivasura-Sampat-Vibhaga-Yogah (The mode of Dividing Divine and Demminiac Properties) 649
17. Sraddhaa-Traya-Vibhaga Yogah (The Mode of Division of the Three Kinds of Faith) 676
18. Moksa-Samnyasa Yogah (The Yoga of Libera­ tion in Renunciation) 707
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