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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -11
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21. Verily into Thee enter these hosts of the gods; some, in fear, extol Thee with joined palms; saying "May it be well", bands of great Rsis and Siddhas praise Thee with abundant hymns. Verily into Thee are seen to enter these hosts of the gods, the warriors now engaged in fighting, all of them being the hosts of gods such as the Vasus and others, who have incarnated themselves in human forms for lightening the earth's burden[1]. Some of them being in fear, extol Thee with joined palms, they being incapable of fleeing even. (The commencement of the Mahābharata) War being near and observing signs such as portents foreboding calamity, and saying "May it be well for the world", bands of great Rsis and Siddhas praise Thee with abundant, complete, hymns. And also, |
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References and Context
- ↑ The phrase "tvāsurasamghā" is split here as "tvā suraxamgha' It also lends itself to be split as "fvā asurasathghā", "asurasañtghā" meaning "hosts of demons", in which case the text can be interpreted as referring to the demoniac Duryodhana and his followers, who entered into the Lord on their destructionThey were the unbearable burden on Mother Earth, whom the celestials-turnedhumans (Pāndavas and their followers etc.) destroyed as the instruments of the Lord.