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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -5
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15. The Omnipresent takes no note of the demeritor the merit of any. Knowledge is enveloped in ignorance; hence do beings get deluded. The Omnipresent takes no note of the demerit (evil) or themerit (good deeds) of any, not even of His devotee. Question - is it, then, that meritorious acts such asworship, and sacrifice, charity, offering of oblations etc., aiepractised by devotees? The Lord says (by way of) Reply:-Knowledge, discriminative Linderstandng (viveka-vijñāna), is enveloped in ignorance; hence do beings, the men of the world (sarhsāriris), the ignorant, get deluded, by such thoughts as, "I do, I cause to act, I enjoy, I cause to enjoy". |
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