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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -6
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4. Verily, when he has no attachment either to the objects of the senses or to actions, then is he, having renounced all samkalpas, said to be yogārūdha. Verily, when he, the yogi keeping his mind composed, has no attachment, either to the objects of the senses such as sound etc., or to actions whether obligatory, incidental, motivated or prohibited (nitya, naimittika, kāmya, pratisiddha): The meaning is that, with the belief that they are of no use, he does not enter tain the idea that he has to perform them, - then, at that moment, is he, having renounced all samkalpas, having given up all plans which are the cause of the desire for objects of this world and the next, said to be yogārūdha, one who has attained to Yoga. By the phrase, 'having renounced all sarhkalpas', it is meant that he should give up all desires as well as all actions; for, all desires are born of thought, as Smrti says: "Desire verily springs from thought, and from thought are born yajñas"[1]. "O desire, I know where your root lies; you are verily born of samkalpa. I shall not think of you, and then you shall cease to exist for me."[2]. |
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