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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -4
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36. Even if you be the most sinful among all the sinful, yet by the raft of Knowledge alone you shall go across all sin. Even if you are the most sinful, sinful to the extreme degree, among all the sinful, those who commit sin, yet by the raft of Knowledge alone, making use of Knowledge alone as the raft, you shall go across the ocean comprising all sin. Here[1], even dharma (virtue, righteousness) is declared as sin for one who seeks liberation. How Knowledge destroys sin is being stated, with an illustration: |
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References and Context
- ↑ ' Here ' refers to the science of the Self (adhyātma-sastra). This expla nation is to remove the possible doubt that even after adharma has vanished, dharma may act as an impediment to the man of wisdom attaining moksa. (A)