Contents
Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -9
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18. The Goal, the Sustainer, the Lord, the Witness, the Abode, the Refuge, the Well-wisher, the Origin, Dissolution and Stay, the Store-house, the Seed imperishable. I am the Goal, the fruit of action; the Sustainer, who nourishes; the Lord, the Owner, the Witness of what is done and what is not done by living beings; the Abode wherein all living beings dwell; the Refuge, who relieves the distressed who resort to Me from (their) distress; I am the Well-wisher, who does good without expecting any service in return; I am the Origin, from which the universe springs up, the Dissolution, into which it disappears, and Stay, in which it stands; the Store-house, the deposit (of karmas in subtle form) which living beings shall enjoy at a future time; I am the Seed imperishable, that which causes the sprouting of all tilings which germinate; and which is imperishable, enduring as long as sarhsāra (the world) lasts. Indeed nothing springs up without seed; and since sprouting (offspring) is seen eternally, it is clear that the continuity of the seed is never lost. And also, |
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