Gita Bhashya -Sankara 438

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -11

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Divya-mālyātnbara-dharam divya-gandhānulepanam
Sarvāścarya-mayam devam-anantam viśvato

11. wearing celestial garlands and apparel, anointed with celestial scented unguents, the All-wonderful Resplendent, Boundless, with faces on every side.

wearing celestial garlands and apparel: Him, namely the Lord (īśvara), by Whom celestial garlands of flowers and clothes were worn; Him, who was anointed with celestial-scented unguents, the All-onderful, Resplendent, Boundless, with faces on every sider everywhere, He being the Self of all beings:

This form of Him He showed, and Arjuna saw.

Now, with respect to the splendour of the Lord's Universal Form, a comparison is stated:

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