Gita Bhashya -Sankara 370

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -9

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Te aw bhuktvā svarga-lokam viśālam
ksīne punye martya-lokam viśanti
Evam trayī-dharmam-anuprapannā
gatāgatam kātnakāmā labhante

21. Having enjoyed the vast svarga-world, they enter the mortal world, on the exhaustion of their merit: thus, abiding by the injunctions of the three (Vedas), desiring desires, they come and go.

Having enjoyed the vast, extensive, svarga-world, they enter the mortal world, this (world of mortals), on the exhaustion of their merit (punya). Thus, verily, in the manner stated, abiding by the injunctions of the three Vedas, i.e. following mere Vedic ritual, desiring desires, longing for objects of enjoyment, they come and go, they have to go (to another world) and return (to this world)-that is to say, they never get freedom anyway.

Now, with regard to the men of Right Knowledge, who arc devoid of desires-

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