Gita Bhashya -Sankara 120

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -3

Apprehending that Arjuna might ask : "If such be the position, is the wheel thus set going to be followed by all? Or, only by him who has not yet attained to devotion in the path of Knowledgewhich is practised by Sārhkhyas who know the Self, and which is attainable through devotion to the path of Action already stated,- that is, by him who knows not the Self?", or of His own accord, for imparting a clear understanding of the import of the Śāstra,namcy. "Knowing this, the Self, and with false knowledge quitted, the wise Brāhmanas renounce the desires for progency etc., which are necessarily entertained by those who have (only) false know­ ledge, and take to mendicancy for bare sustenance of the body; for, them there is nothingelse to do than devotion to Self-know­ ledge", And making it clear that this very truth taught in the Sruti is what He intends to explain in this Gltā-Śāstra, the Lord proceeds: Yastvātmaratir-eva syād-ātma-trptaśca mānctvah Ātmanyeva ca santustas-tasya kāryant na vidyate 17. But the man, who may be delighting only in the Self, and satisfied with the Self, and content in the Self alone,—for him, there is nothing to do.