Contents
Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -5
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21. With the self unattached to external contacts, he realises the joy that is in the Self. With the self devoted to the meditation of Brahman, he attains undecaying happiness. With the self, the mind (antah-karana), unattached to external contacts, those that are external and are contacted (by the senses) namely sense-objects, sound and the rest,-he, such a person devoid of liking for sense-objects, realises, finds, the joy that is in the Self, with the self, the mind (antah-karana), devoted to the meditation of Brahman, engaged in concentration on Brahman, he attains undecaying happiness[1]. Therefore, the import is that one who is after undecaying happiness should turn back his senses from the fondness for ex ternal objects, which is momentary. For the following reason also, he should turn back (the senses from their objects)- |
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References and Context
- ↑ Joy, which is the real nature of the Self, becomes manifest, by degrees, as and when attachment towards sense-objects is got rid of. He who rests in Brahman does not merely get the joy that comes through the control of the senses by practising non-attachment (to sense-objects); he possesses the un surpassed bliss arising from perfect Knowledge following concentration on Brahman. (A)