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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -10
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11. Out of mere compassion for them, I, abiding in their self, destroy the darkness (in them) born of ignorance, by the luminous lamp of Knowledge. Out of mere compassion for them, through pity as to how else indeed can supreme felicity (bliss) accrue to them, I abiding in their self, dwelling in that particular mode of the antah-karana (inner-sense) which is of the form of the Self[1], destroy the darkness of delusion ("moha"), the illusory understanding (false concep tion) bom of ignorance, caused by the absence of discrimination, by the luminous lamp of Knowledge,- The lamp of discriminatory wisdom, fed by the oil of com posure favoured by Bhakti (devotion), fanned by the wind of absorbing meditation in Me, furnished with the wick of pure Consciousness evolved by the constant cultivation of Brahma- carya and other pious virtues, held in the reservoir of the heart that is devoid of worldliness, placed in the wind-sheltered recess of the mind that is withdrawn from sense-objects and is untainted by attachment and aversion, and shining with the light of Right (Plenary) Knowledge, engendered by incessant practice of concentra tion and meditation-this is the lamp which is luminous with the light of Right Knowledge. Having heard the Lord's glory and yoga, as stated above, |
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References and Context
- ↑ Pure Spirit (Caitanya) cannot directly destroy nescience (ajfiāna) and its product, illusory knowledge (rnithyā-jñāna). Only an intellectual state (buddhivrtii) can accomplish it. Therefore, it is said that the Spirit (Cidātmd) destroys ignorance by shining through a state of the intellect, such as is produced by the teaching (of scriptural texts or the Guru). It is either the Wisdom (Bodhd) manifesting itself through an intellectual state, or an intellectual state pervaded by Wisdom, that can destroy nescience and illusory knowledge. (A)