Contents
Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -9
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28. Thus shall you be freed from the bond of actions, productive of good and evil results; with the mind steadfast in the Yoga of Renunciation, and liberated, you shall come unto Me. Thus, by offering your actions to Me, shall you be freed from the bond of actions, productive of good and evil results: actions themselves are the bondage and lead to desirable and undesirable results. This act of offering everything to Me is the Yoga of Renunciation: it is renunciation (samnyāsa), because everything is consigned to Me; and it is yoga as well, because it is an activity (karma). With the mind (ātmā=antah-karana) steadfast in the aforesaid Yoga of Renunciation, being of such a mind, and liberated from the bond of actions even while living (in the body), you shall come unto Me when this body drops away. Objection-Then, the Lord has (the feelings of) affection and hatred, out of which He favours (His) devotees and not others? Reply-It is not so: |
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