Gita Bhashya -Sankara 112

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -3

Karmendriyāni samyamya ya āste manasā smaran Indriyārthān vimūdhātma mithyācārah sa ucyate 6. He, who, restraining the organs of action, sits calling to mind the objects of the senses, that stupid person is called a hypocrite. He, who, restraining, drawing back, the organs of action, the hand and the rest, sits calling to mind, pondering over, the objects of the senses, that stupid person, whose internal organ (antah-karana) has been deluded, is called a hypocrtie, a man of false conduct, one leading a sinful life. astñndriyāni manasā niyamyārabhate (A)rjuna Karmendriyaih karmayogam-asaktah sa viśisyate 7. But (he) who, controlling the senses by the mind, engages, O Arjuna, with (his) organs of action, in karma-yoga, unattached, he excels. But, on the contrary, (he) who, the un-illumined man (ajñah) whose duty is to perform actions, controlling the senses, i.e. the organs of knowledge, by the mind, engages, O Arjuna, with (his) organs of action, speech, hand etc.,-In what? That is being told : in Karma-Yoga, the path of action, remaining unattached (to the result), he excels over the other, the hypocrite. Wherefore,