Gita Bhashya -Sankara 360

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -9

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Avajānanti mām mūdhā mānusīm tanum-aśritam
Param bhāvam-ajānanto mama bhūta-mahesvaram

11. Fools disregard Me, dwelling in human form,unaware of My higher state as the great Lord of beings.

Fools, those wanting in discrimination, disregard Me, havea low opinion of, show disrespect, to, Me, dwelling in human form , that is to say, engaging in affairs with a human body, unawareof My higher state, not understanding that I am the exalted Realitythat is the Supreme Self, Who, being like the ākāśa, (nay, is) evenmore intimate than even the ākāśa, as the. great Lord, the very Self of all beings. And thus by continually disregarding Methese pitiable wretches are ruined.

How (are they pitiable wretches)?

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