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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -8
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11. What the knowers of the Veda speak of as the Imperishable, what the self-controlled freed from attachment enter into, to gain which they live the life of a brahmācarin, that goal I shall declare unto you in brief. What the. knowers of the meaning of the Veda speak of as the Imperishable, that which does not decay, as stated in Sruti, "This verily is that, the Imperishable, O Gārgi, as the Brāhmanas declare"[1]. This they speak of by negating all attributes, in the words, " not gross, not subtle"[2]. What else? What the self-controlled, those who have striven (after moksa), the samnyāsins freed from attachment, enter into, on the attainment of True Knowledge (samyag-darśana); and to gain the knowledge of (-this has to be understood here-) which they live the life of a brahmacārin with the Guru, that goal, that which has to be reached, called the Imperishable (Aksara), I shall declare unto you in brief, I shall tell you with brevity. |
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