Gita Bhashya -Sankara 410

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -10

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Aśvatthah sarva-vrksānām devarslnām ca Nāradah
Gandharvānām Citrarathah siddhānām Kapilo munih

26. Of all trees, (I am) the Aśvattha; and Nārada, among Devarsis; Citraratha among Gandharvas; and the Muni Kapila among the Siddhas.

Of all trees, (I am) the Asvattha[1]; and Nārada among Deva­ rsis[2], those who are Devas (gods) and at the same time have at­ tained Rsi-hood being seers of mantras,-of them, I am Nārada; I am the one named Citraratha[3], among Gandharvas; and the Muni Kapila[4] among the Siddhas, those who in their very birth have attained excellence of Dharma. of wisdom, of dispassion (vairāgya), and of supremacy.

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References and Context

  1. ↑ Ficus religiosa.
  2. ↑ See also X-13 and note 20.
  3. ↑ One of the sixteen Gandharva sons of Kajyapa and Muni, a daughter of Daksa-Prajāpati.
  4. ↑ An incarnation of Lord Visnu; and Lord of Siddhas. (Bhāgavata-lll xxiv.19). For the meaning of Muni, See X.37.Com.

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3. Karma Yogah (Way of action) 96
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6. Divyana Yogah (Way of meditation) 233
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9. Raja-Vidya Raja-Guhya Yogah (Yoga of kingly knowledge and kingly secret) 348
10. Vibhuti Yogah (Mode of Divine Glory) 385
11. Visvarapa Darsanam (Vision of the Universal Form) 428
12. Bhakti Yogah (Way of Devotion) 484
13. Prakrti-Purusa-Viveka-Yogah (Way of Discrimi­nating Matter and Spirit) 509
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