Gita Bhashya -Sankara 621

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -15

Purusottama Yogah (WAY TO THE SUPREME SPIRIT) Wherefore the fruit of actions performed by the men of action (karmins) and the fruit of Knowledge of the wise are dependent on Me, therefore those who serve Me with Bhakti-yoga attain to Liberation, by getting Knowledge through My grace and going beyond the gunas. Need it then be said that those who thoroughly understand the true nature of the Self attain Liberation? Accord­ ingly, the Lord wishes to teach the true nature of the Self, even without Arjuna's asking, and says (what follows) beginning with the word "With roots above". First, with a view to producing Vairāgya (non-attachment), He describes the nature of sanisāra (transmigratory existence) by representing it as a tree; for it is only he, who is free from attach­ ment to transmigratory existence, and none other, who is qualified for the knowledge concerning the real nature of the Lord.