Contents
Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -5
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1. Renunciation of actions, O Krsna, Thou com- mandest, and again (kartnayoga). Do Thou tell me decisively that one which is the better of these two. Renunciation of actions, prescribed in the scriptures (śāstras), to be performed variously, O Krsna, Thou commandest, i.e. teachest; and again karma-yoga: Thou teachest that it is necessary to per form those very actions. Consequently, I feel a doubt as to which of them is better: whether the performance of action is better or its abandonment; and, since the better course must be followed,- which is the better, the more commendable, of these two, renuncia tion of action and performance of action,-that by which you think I may attain felicity, that one-because both of them cannot be practised together by the same person, do Thou tell me decisively, as having Thy approval. Giving His opinion, for settling the doubt- |
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