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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -12
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Of these two classes (of worshippers)-those devotees who eversteadfast, uninterruptedly engaging themselves in doing the work of the Lord and in other matters as taught, with their mind concentrated, thus- referring to what was stated in the immediately preceding verse: "He who docs work for Me" and so on.[1]-worship Thee, things of Thee in the Universal Form as was manifested, resorting to nothing else as their refuge; and those also, others, who, having given up all desires and renouncing all actions, meditate on Brahman, characterised as the Imperishable, the Unmanifested, incomprehensible to the senses, because of its being devoid of all upadhis (conditions); indeed, in common usage, that which is comprehended by the senses is said to be manifest, as the meaning of the root 'añj' (to make clear) denotes; but this, the Imperishable, is the opposite; and also as designated by other attributes[2] to be mentioned hereafter[3]-which are the better, versed in yogal: Which are knowers of Yoga in a superior degree? |
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