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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -3
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For him, the man delighting in the Supreme Self, there is here in this world, no object, purpose to be gained, by doing, by action' But, is there not the evil called "pratyavāya" (sin) due to non-' performance of action? Nothing at all of the nature of incurring sin or degradation of the self arises, (here) in this world, (for him) by non-performance. Nor is there, for him, dependence on any being, from Brahma down to immovable beings, for any object. Depen dence is the seeking of patronage by means of activity, for securing a desired aim. For him, there is no object whatever to be gained by depending on any particular being, for which he need engage himself in action. You (Arjuna) are not in this state of Perfect Knowledge-[1] which corresponds to the all-pervading flood[2]. Because of this -
19. Therefore, without attachment, do you always perform that action which ought to be done; for, performing action without attachment, man attains to the highest. Therefore, without attachment, do you always perform that action which ought to be done, which is obligatory; for, performing action without attachment for the sake of īśvara (the Lord), man attains to the highest, moksa, through purification of the mind (sattva-śuddhi). For the following reason also,: |
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