Gita Bhashya -Sankara 194

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -4

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Hi Śn-Mahābhārate śata sāhasryām samhitāyām
Vaiyāsikyām Bhtsma-Parwni shrimad-Bhagawd-
Gitāsūpanisatsu Brahma-vidhyāyām yogaśāstre
Śri Krsnārjuna- samvāde Jñāna-kanna-samnyāsa-yogo
nātna caturtho(a)dhyayah

Thus the fourth chapter entitled k Way of Renunciation of Action In Knowledge'[1] in the Upanisads known as 'The Celebrated Songs of the Lord' expounding the Knowledge of the Supreme Spirit, and the Science of Yoga, in the form of a dialogue between Śrl Krsna and Arjuna-embodied in the Bhlsma Parva of Śrī Mahābhārata, the Compendium of one hundred thousand verses produced by Vyāsa.

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References and Context

  1. The name given to this Chapter in the Bhājya is Biahmu-Yajna-prasamsa, 'The Praise of Brahman-Sacrifice'.