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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -3
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"Bhaga means the collection of the six-(Properties)- com plete sovereignty (aiśvaryā), Dharma, glory (yaśas), splendour (Śri), dispassion (vairāgya) and liberation (moksa)".[1] "He is called Bhagavan who knows the origin, and the dis solution, the coming and the going of beings, wisdom and nonwisdom.[2] (Commentary on the verse proper:), that which is the foe of all the worlds, which brings about all the evils of living beings, is desire; this desire itself, when frustrated or obstructed by some cause, is transformed 'nto anger, and therefore anger also is it, the foe. Desire is born of Rajogutia; for when desire arises, it sets Rajas in motion and thereby urges man to action. We actually hear the lamentation of miserable persons who empty themselves in servitude and the like, products of rajo-guita, "By desire have I been forced to act (in this manner)". (Desire in) of great craving; it demands much feeding; and because of this, (it is) of great sin. Indeed, prompted by desire, does man commit sin. Therefore, know this desire as the foe here, in ihis world (samsūra). In what manner it is (man's) foe is shown through examples : |
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