Gita Bhashya -Sankara 850

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -18

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Not to dilate further,

Yatra yogeśvarah Kfas0 yatra Pārtho dhanurdharah
Tatra śrir-vijayo bhūlir-dhruvā nitir-matir-mania

78. Wherever is Krsna, the Lord of Yoga, wherever is Pārtha, the wieldcr of the bow, there are fortune, victory, prosperity, and sound policy; such is my conviction.

Wherever, on that side on which, is Krnsa, the Lord of YogaHe is the Lord of all Yogas, since the seed of all Yoga originates from Him[1];

wherever, on that side on which, is Pūrthu. the wielder of the bow called the Gāndīva,

there, on that side, that of the Pāndavas, are fortune, victory, prosperity, excellence and expanse of fortune, and sound, unfailing policy, statesmanship;

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References and Context

  1. ↑ All Yoga i.e. both iñāna-yoga and Karma-yoga, have for their seed discrimination (Māim) and non-attachment (vairāgya), which arise from the Śāslra; and this (seed) depends on the Lord as it is impossible of attainment without His Grace. Therefore, since Yoga and its fruit arc attainable only through the Lord's Grace, He is the Lord of Yoga. (A)

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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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