Gita Bhashya -Sankara 420

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -10

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Dyūtam chalayatām-asmi tejas-tejasvinām-aham
Jayo(d)smi vyavasāyo(a)smi sattvam sattvavatām- aham

36. I am the gambling of the fraudulent: I am -the majesty of the majestic; I am victory; I am effort; I am (the) Sattva of the sdttvic.

I am the gambling, such as dice-play, of the fraudulent, those who practise deception; I am the majesty[1] of the majestic; I am the victory of the victorious; I am the effort of those who make an effort; I am sattva[2] of the sāttvic.

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References and Context

  1. irrcsistable command. (A)
  2. i.e. the effects of sattva, such as righteousness dharma). knowledge <I<K.M). and dispassion (vairāgya). (A)