Gita Bhashya -Sankara 347

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -8

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Iti Śrī-Mahābhārate śata-sāhasryām samhitāyām
Vaiyāsikyām Bhīstna-Parvani Śrīmad-Bhagavad-
Gītāsūpanisatsu Brahma-vidyāyām yoga
śāstre Śrī Krsnārjuna-samvdde Tāraka-
brahma-yogo ndtna astamo
(a)dhyayah.

Thus the eighth chapter entitled 'Saving Knowledge of Brahman[1] nfl in the Upanisads known as' The Celebrated Songs of the Lord ' expounding the knowledge of the Supreme Spirit, and the Science of Yoga, in the form of a dialogue between śrī Krsna and Arjuna-embodied in the Bhīsma-Parva of śrl Mahā- bhārata the Compendium of one hundred thousand verses produced by Vyāsa

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References and Context

  1. This chapter is also designated as Dhāranu-yoga, Abhyāsa-yogu, and Akfara-Brahnia-yoga (Yoga of 'Collectedness ' 'Constant Practice1, and ' Imperishable Brahma' respectively.) In the bhfisya it is ent.tled, Brahma k$ara-mrdefab (" Instruction about Brahman ")•