Gita Bhashya -Sankara 250

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -6

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Śucau deśe pratisthāpya sthiram-āsanam-ātmanah
Nātyucehritam nātinīcam cailājina-kiiśottorom

11. Having in a pure spot established his seat, firm, neither too high nor too low, with a cloth, a skin and And kuśa-grass arranged thereon-

(The sentence is completed in the next verse.)

Having in a pure spot, either naturally faultless or made so artificially, established his[1] seat, firm, not shaky, neither loo high nor too low, with a cloth, a skin and kida-grass, arranged thereon: Ths order in which cloth etc. are to be spread on the scat is the reverse of that mentioned in the text.[2].

Having established the seat, what is to be done?

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References and Context

  1. ↑ The use of another's scat is thus prohibited. (A)
  2. ↑ i.e., kuia grass immediately on the scat, (deer 01 tiger) skin upon the kuśa grass and cloth upon the skin.

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3. Karma Yogah (Way of action) 96
4. Jnana Karma Saninyasa Yogah (Way of renunciation of action in knowledge) 143
5. Karmasaninyasa Yogah (Way of renunciation of action) 195
6. Divyana Yogah (Way of meditation) 233
7. Saptamo (A) Dhyayah Jnana-Vijnana-yogah (Way of knowledge with realisation) 288
8. Taraka Brahma Yogah (Saving knowledge of Brahman) 319
9. Raja-Vidya Raja-Guhya Yogah (Yoga of kingly knowledge and kingly secret) 348
10. Vibhuti Yogah (Mode of Divine Glory) 385
11. Visvarapa Darsanam (Vision of the Universal Form) 428
12. Bhakti Yogah (Way of Devotion) 484
13. Prakrti-Purusa-Viveka-Yogah (Way of Discrimi­nating Matter and Spirit) 509
14. Guna-Traya-Vibhaga Yogah (The Way of Discriminating the Three Gunas) 589
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