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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -3
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33. Even a wise man acts in conformity with his own nature. (All) beings follow nature ; what can restraint do? Even a wise man acts in conformity with his own nature. Prakrti (nature) is the samskāra, impression, of dharma and adharma arising out of past actions, and manifested at the commencement of the present birth. In accordance with that, every being, even a wise man, acts. What then to say of the dull- witted! Thus, all beings follow (their own) nature. What can restraint, by Me or any other, dol If every being acts only in accordance with his own nature- and there is none without a 'nature' (of his own),-then, there is no scope for human effort (purusakāra), and Śāstra (Scripture or Precept) would be futile. To meet this (objection), the Lord says: |
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