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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -6
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40. 0 Pārtha, surely there is no destruction for him either here or hereafter; for, verily, O My son, the doer of good never comes to grief. 0 Pārtha, surely there is no destruction for him either here, in this world, or hereafter, in the next world. The man who has fallen in Yoga will not get ruined, i.e. get a lower birth than the earlier (the present) one. For, verily, the doer of good, that which is auspicious, virtuous, never comes to grief: he will not fall into a despicable condition, O My son. The father is called 'tāta', because he produces (from 'tan', to produce) himself in the form of a son. As the father himself is thus the son, the son also is called 'tāta'. The disciple also (being in the position of a son) is addressed as the son. What, then, does happen to him? |
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