Gita Bhashya -Sankara 232

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -5

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Iti Śrī-Mahābhārate śatasāhasryām samhitāyām
Vaiyāsikyām Bhīsma-Parvani Śrīmad-Bhagavad-
Gītāsūpanisatsu Brahma-vidyāyām yogaśāstre
ŚH Krsnārjuna-samvāde Karma-samnyāsa-yogo
nātna pañcamo(a)dhyāyah.

Thus the fifth chapter entitled 'Way of Renunciation of Action"[1] in the Upanisads known as' The Celebrated Songs of the Lord' expounding the Knowledge of the Supreme Spirit, and the Science of Yoga, in the form of a dialogue between Śrī Krsna and Arjuna-embodied in the Bhīsma- Parva of śrl Mahābhārata, the Compendium of one hundred thousand verses.

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References and Context

  1. The name of this Chapter according to the Bhāsya is Prakrti-garbhar. Womb of Nature". produced by Vyāsa.