Contents
Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -4
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42. Therefore, cutting with the sword of Knowledge, this doubt about the Self, born of ignorance and dwelling in (your) heart, take refuge in yoga. Arise, O Bharata! Therefore, cutting with the sword of Knowledge-Right Know ledge (about the Self) is itself the sword; and it destroys all evil such as sorrow and delusion. With that sword, cut this doubt, which is most sinful, which is born of ignorance, non-discrimination, dwelling in your heart, i.e. in thebuddhi (intellect), about the Self, your own (Self): since the subject-matter of the doubt is the Self (the word "ātmanah" has been so interpreted). It is indeed not in order that a doubt entertained by any person needs another to cut it off (repel it)[1], in which case the word (' ātmanah') may be taken as an adjective meaning 'your' (qualifying 'doubt'). Therefore the interpretation that the doubt concerns the Self; even so (the implication is that) it is one entertained by (Arjuna) himself. Cutting this doubt, which will bring about your ruin, take refuge in yoga, take to the practice of Karma-yoga, which is the means to the acquisition of Right Knowledge. And now, arise, to fight, 0 Bhāratal! |
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References and Context
- ↑ Any doubt entertained by a person can only be cut off (repelledt by (correct) knowledge arising in that very person; for example, a doubt abou) a pillar entertained by Devadatta can be repelled only by (true) knowledge (of the object) arising in himself. (A)