Gita Bhashya -Sankara 301

Verily, this, the aforesaid. Divine Illusion (Māya) of Mine, inherent in Me, the Lord (īśvara). Visnu. constituted of the gunas. is difficult to cross over: going beyond it entails great hardshipSuch being the case, those who, relinquishing all dharmas^[1]. devote themselves to Me alone, the Lord of Māyā, their own Self, with their whole being, they cross over this Illusion, which deludes all living beings; they are freed from the bond of samsāra.

If those who devote themselves to Thee can cross over this Illusion, why do not all devote themselves to Thcc alone? This is answered-

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	Introduction	2
1.	Arjuna visada yogah (Yoga of the Dejection of Arjuna)	6
2.	Saiukhya Yogah (Way of knowledge)	22
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
15.	Purusottama Yogah (Way to the Supreme Spirit)	621
16.	Daivasura-Sampat-Vibhaga-Yogah (The mode of Dividing Divine and Demminiac Properties)	649
17.	Sraddhaa-Traya-Vibhaga Yogah (The Mode of Division of the Three Kinds of Faith)	676
18.	Moksa-Samnyasa Yogah (The Yoga of Libera tion in Renunciation)	707

Gita Bhashya -Sankara 301

Contents

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -7

References and Context

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