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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -6
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For none, no performer of action, becomes a yogin, can be come a man of composed mind, without renouncing samkalpa. without abandoning thought of the fruit of action; since it is the thought of the fruit that brings about distraction of the mind. The import therefore is that only such a performer of action as gives up the thought of the fruit, can become a yogi, a man of composure, one whose mind is not distracted - because what causes distraction of mind, namely the thought of the result, has been renounced. Thus, in consideration of the sameness between true samnyāsa and karma-yoga when viewed in relation to the agent, karma-yoga has been represented as samnyāsa in the words, "That which they call saihnyāsa, know Yoga to be that, O Pāndava". with a view to extolling it. Having praised karma-yoga devoid of the desire for the result as samnyāsa, because it is an external aid to Dhyāna-yogu, the Lord now discloses how it is the means to Dhyāna-yoga: |
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