Gita Bhashya -Sankara 207

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -5

But renunciation of action, namely the true (supreme) Sarhnyāsa, O mighty-armed, is hardto attain to without the performance of action. The man of meditation-on the form of īśvara-, endowed with Yoga, the karma-yoga prescribed in the Vedas and performed without aiming at the results and as dedication to Tśvara, reaches Brahman ere long, quickly. True Sarhnyāsa. the topic under discussion, is here termed 'Brahman', because it signifies devotion to the Knowledge of the Supreme Self (paramārtha-jñāna-nistha), as is stated by Śruti:" What is known as Nyāsa (Renunciation) is Brahman; and Brahman is verily the Great",; and the man of meditation reaches supreme Sarhnyāsa, consisting in abidance in the Knowledge of the Supreme Self. Hence it was stated by Me that karma-yoga is the better, (because that alone takes one to Sarhnyasa). And, when he (takes to Yoga) as a means to the attainment of Right Knowledge-