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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -4
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Later, in the house of Vasudeva, was Thy birth; and the birth of Vivasvat, the Sun-god, prior, at the beginning of creation. How then should I understand as being consistent in import, that Thou Thyself Widest this Yoga in the beginning, and that self-same person art Thou who hast now taught me. To remove the disbelief of the stupid that Vāsudeva is not the Omnipotent and Omniscient-which was indeed the object of Arjuna's question,
5. Many are the births that have been passed by Me and by you, O Arjuna. I know them all, while you know not, O scorcher of foes! Many ure the births that have been passed-llley are things of the past-by Me and by you, O Arjuna. I know them all, while you know not, because the power of your intellect is obscured by (your) dharma and adharma (impressions of past good and bad actions) etc. But I know them, because of My unobscured power of knowledge, I being by nature Eternal, Pure, Intelligent and Free, O scorcher of foes. How then dost Thou, the Eternal Lord, have a birth, even though there be no dharma and adharma for you? The reply is: |
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