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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -10
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Again, once more, O mighty-armed, do you listen to My supreme word, most excellent, because it discloses the unsurpassed Reality,which supreme word, I wishing your welfare, out of the desire foryour well-being, will tell you, who are delighted (to hear Me), who feel extremely pleased with My discourse, as if drinking the nectarof immortality (amrta). Why am I telling this to you? The Lord gives the reason[1]:
2. Neither the hosts of Devas, nor the great Rsis, know My origin; for, I am, in all respects, the source of the Devas and the great RSIS. Neither the hosts of Devas, Indra and the rest[2], nor also the great Rsis, Bhrgu and others, know My origin ("prabhava")- or to give another interpretation, My great Lordly Power ("pra bhava"). Why do they not know it? The Lord gives the reason: for, I am, in all respects, in every way[3], the source, the cause, of all the Devas and the great Rsis. Moreover[4], |
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References and Context
- ↑ namely, that nobody else can impart such supreme instruction. (A)
- ↑ Indradayah acc. to Anandagiri. A different reading is Brahmādayalu "Brahmā and the rest".
- ↑ The Lord is their producer, being both the material (upādāna) and the efficient (nimittd) cause. They, being His effects, cannot therefore know Him. (A)
- ↑ That person, who might know of the Lord's greatness is a rarity. (A)