Gita Bhashya -Sankara 186

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -4

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Yajjñātva na punar moham eva/n yāsyasi Pāndava
Yena bhūtānyaśesena druksyasyātmanyatho mayi

35. Knowing which, you shall not, O Pāndava, again get deluded like this, and by which you shall see the whole of creation in (your) Self and in Me.

Knowing which, i.e. obtaining the Knowledge communicated by them, you shall not, 0 Pandava, again get deluded like this, in the manner you are confounded at present; and, moreover, by Which Knowledge you shall directly see the whole of creation from Brahmā (the Creator) down to the blade of grass in (your) Self, realising that "all these beings exist in me", and also that all these exist in Me, Vāsudeva, the supreme Lord. The meaning is: you will see the identity of the individual soul (ksetrajña) and Iśvara, which is celebrated in all the Upanisads.

(Hear) also the greatness of this knowledge-

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