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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -3
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Of what form (is the foe)? In the form of desire (icchā[1]), difficult to satisfy, and never having enough, never attaining satiety. The Lord proceeds to say where desire, which by covering Knowledge is the foe of all, has its location. For, when the scat of a foe is known, it would be easy to destroy him.
40. The senses the mind, and the intellect are said to be its abode. Through these, it deludes the embodied, by veiling (his) wisdom. The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its abode, the resting place of desire. Through these, senses and other resting places, it, desire, deludes in various ways the embodied, man, by veiling, covering, his wisdom. Wherefore, |
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References and Context
- ↑ For definition, see XIII.6 Com.