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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -4
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32. Various Yqjñas, like the above, are strewn in the mouth (storehouse) of the Veda. Know them all to be born of action; and thus knowing, you shall be free (liberated). Various, manifold, yajñas, like the above, are strewn in the mouth (store-house) of the Veda: i.e. they are known from the Vcdas, as from the text," Wc sacrifice prāija in speech"[1]. Know them all to he born of action, through body, speech and mind, and not as born from the Self, for the Self is verily actionless. And, therefore, knowing thus, you shall be free (liberated) from evil. The meaning is-knowing that "these are not my actions; I am actionless and unconcerned", you will be freed through such right knowledge, from the bondage of sarhsāra. By the verse beginning "The process is Brahman"[2], Right Knowledge has been represented as sacrifice Thereafter, several sacrifices have also been taught; compared with these that lead to the attainment of the objects of human endeavour, knowledge is now being extolled. How? |
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