Contents
Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -7
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19. At the end of many births, the Man of Wisdom, takes refuge in Me, (realising) that all (this) is Vāsudeva. Very rare is that great soul. At the end of many births during which he was engaged in acquiring the purification (of the intellect) that is the means to the attainment of Knowledge, the Man of Wisdom who has attained the fruit, Knowledge (in his current birth), takes refuge in Me, Vāsudeva, the innermost Self ("Pratyagātman"), directly. How? By realising that all this is Vāsudeva (Vāsudeva is all this). He who thus takes refuge in Me, the Self of all, that great soul, to whom there is neither an equal nor a superior, is therefore, very rare: as has been said, "Hardly one among thousands of men, etc.[1]. Now, the reason why there is the absence (with regard to the others) of the perception that all is the Self-Vasudeva alone, is being stated- |
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References and Context
- ↑ VII-3