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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -3
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Further, the request (to be instructed) about only one of the two, Knowledge and action, "Tell me decidedly that one" (III-2) cannot b; justified if the simultaneous practice of both were possible. And, by emphatically saying, "Do you therefore perform action only",[1] the Lord shows the impossibility of devotion to Knowledge, in the case of Arjuna.
Arjuna Said 1. If it be considered by Thee, O Janārdana, that Knowledge is superior to action, why then dost Thou, O Keśava, engage me in this terrible action ? If it be considered by Thee, if it is Thy opinion, 0 Janārdana, that knowledge is superior as compared to action, why then, for what reason, 0 Keiava! dost Thou engage me in this terrible, cruel action, characterised by killing? |
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References and Context
- ↑ IV-15