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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -5
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3. He should be known a constant sarhnyāsin, who neither likes nor dislikes: for, free from the pairs of opposites, O mighty-armed, he is easily set free from bondage. He, the Karma-yogi, should he known to be a constant samnyāsin, who neither dislikes anything nor likes anything. The mean ing is that he who neither dislikes pain and the objects which cause pain, nor desires pleasure and the objects which cause it, should be known as a constant sarhnyāsin (renouncer), even though he is engaged in action. For, free from the pairs of opposites, O mighty-armed, he is easily, without difficulty, set free from bondage. Sathnyāsa and karma-yoga, being prescribed for practice by different classes of persons, are mutually opposed; and it stands to reason that they should produce different results, instead of both leading to freedom alike. As to this doubt, the Lord says- |
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