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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -3
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36. Now, O Vārsneya! impelled by what does this man commit sin though reluctant, constrained as it were by force? Now, O Varsneya! Thou (Krsna) born in the family of Vrsni, impelled by what, constituting the source, as a king with respect to (the action of) a servant, does this man commit sin, practise sinful actions, though himself reluctant, constrained as it were hy force, as (the servant) by the king, in the example? The Blessed Lord said—"Do you hearken to (what I say concerning) the foe who is the cause of all evil, and of whom you ask":
37. It is desire, it is anger, born of Rajo-guna; of great craving and of great sin; know this as the foe here. (Explanation of the word, Bhagavan:) Vāsudeva is called Bhagavān (usually rendered, as the Blessed Lord) , because in Him abide, for ever, the six attributes of sovereignty (ai&varyd) etc., without any obstruction and in their fullness; as also because His especial knowledge encompasses all matters such as the origin of the universe,—as stated (in the Visnu Parana)— |
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