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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -10
3. He, who knows Me, birthless and beginningless, the great Lord of the worlds,-he, among mortals, is undeluded, he is freed from all sins. He, who knows Me, birthless and beginningless: because I am the source of all the Devas and the great Rsis, none other exists as My source; therefore I am birthless and beginningless; (My) beginning-less-ness is the proof for (My) birth-less-ness. He who knows Me to be birthless and beginningless, the great Lord of the worlds, the Fourth (Turiyam)[1], beyond nescience and its effects, he, among mortals, men, is undeluded, is rid of ignorance; he is freed, liberated, from all sins, consciously and unconsciously incurred. For the following reason also, I am the great Lord of the worlds: |
References and Context
- ↑ transcending the three, Viiva, Taijasa and Prājaa, whose spheres are respectively the states of waking, dream, and dream-less sleep, which make up the world of experience. (Md. 7).