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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -5
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14. Neither agency nor objects (to act upon) does the Lord create for the world, nor the union with the fruit of action. But it is Nature that acts. Neither agency nor objects (to act upon) does the Lord create for the world: the Self, the Lord (of the body) does not create agency, i.e. He does not urge any one (to act)-"Do this"; nor does He create objects much-wishcd-for, like chariot, jar, or mansion; nor the union with the fruit of action, nor docs He unite the maker of the chariot etc. with the fruit of the action (of making the chariot etc.) If the Self, the Lord of the body, does not Himself act at all or cause another to act, who then is it that sets about acting and causing to act? The answer follows: But it is Nature, svabhāva (own state'), in the form of Avidya (also known as) Prakrti (or) Māyā, which will be described as "This divine illusion of Mine"[1][2]. In reality- |
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