Gita Bhashya -Sankara 426

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -10

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Athavā bahunaitena kim jñānena tavārjuna
Vistabhyāham-idam krtsnam ekāriiśena sthito jagat

42. Or what avails you to know all this diversity, O Arjuna? I exist, supporting this whole world, by a part of Myself.

Or what avails you to know all this diversity, such as that detailed above, which is incomplete, O Arjuna? Listen now to the truth which I shall tell you completely: I exist, supporting, sustaining, firmly this whole world, by a part of Myself, by one limb, by one foot (quarter-"pāda"), which comprises all beings, as stated by the Mantra: "All beings form His foot (quarter)[1][2]

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References and Context

  1. ↑ R.V. X.90.3
  2. ↑ The manifold glories of the Lord are taught for being meditated upon and understood. After pointing out to this form of the Lord comprising the entire universe (which is but His one quarter), the continuation of the mantra, "Three-quarters of His, the Immortal, in heaven", referring to the Reality which transcends the universe and is un-conditioncd, determines the implied import of 'Tat' (the Goal "That" in the Maha-vākya) as the Whole, the Sat-Cit-Ananda. (A)

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3. Karma Yogah (Way of action) 96
4. Jnana Karma Saninyasa Yogah (Way of renunciation of action in knowledge) 143
5. Karmasaninyasa Yogah (Way of renunciation of action) 195
6. Divyana Yogah (Way of meditation) 233
7. Saptamo (A) Dhyayah Jnana-Vijnana-yogah (Way of knowledge with realisation) 288
8. Taraka Brahma Yogah (Saving knowledge of Brahman) 319
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
14. Guna-Traya-Vibhaga Yogah (The Way of Discriminating the Three Gunas) 589
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16. Daivasura-Sampat-Vibhaga-Yogah (The mode of Dividing Divine and Demminiac Properties) 649
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