Gita Bhashya -Sankara 459

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -11

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Śri Bhagavān-
uvaca Kālo(a)smi loka-ksaya-krt-pravrddho lokān- samāhartum-iha pravrttah
Rte(q)pi tvā na bliavisyanti sarve ye(a)vasthitāh pratyamkesu yodhdh The
Blessed Lord said-

32. I am the mighty world-destroying Kāla, here engaged in infolding the worlds. Even without you, none of the warriors arrayed in the hostile armies shall live.

I am the world-destroying Kala[1] mighty, with fully extended power. For what purpose I have grown fully in power, listen: here, at the present moment, engaged in infolding, destroying, the worlds. Even without you (fighting), none of the warriors, Bhisma, Drona, Karna and others, about whom (whose death) you are uncertain, arrayed in every one of the hostile armies, shall live.

Such being the case,

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References and Context

  1. ↑ "Kfil&" is Parameśvara conditioned by the Power of Activity (Krtyā-iakti)- (A) The Universal Form (Viiva-rūpa) revealed to Arjuna was that of Iśvara, the Lord of Destruction (,sa,hlmrd). That revealed to Vaśoda was that of Vi$nu (Lord of Preservation, Sthiti); that revealed to Brahma was a combi­ nation of Brahma (Lord of Creation, Sr,fi) and Vi?uu (i.e. of Srsti and -SWir); while that shown to Duryodhana was a combination of the Visuu and Rudra aspects (Sthtti and SathhSra).

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Introduction 2
1. Arjuna visada yogah (Yoga of the Dejection of Arjuna) 6
2. Saiukhya Yogah (Way of knowledge) 22
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
15. Purusottama Yogah (Way to the Supreme Spirit) 621
16. Daivasura-Sampat-Vibhaga-Yogah (The mode of Dividing Divine and Demminiac Properties) 649
17. Sraddhaa-Traya-Vibhaga Yogah (The Mode of Division of the Three Kinds of Faith) 676
18. Moksa-Samnyasa Yogah (The Yoga of Libera­ tion in Renunciation) 707
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