Gita Bhashya -Sankara 676

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -17

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Sraddhaa-Traya-Vibhaga Yogah

(THE MODE OF DIVISION OF THE THREE KINDS OF FAITH)


From the Lord's words, "So, let the Śāstra be your authority"[1] finding an occasion for (further) questioning[2],

Arjuna uvāca-
Ye śāstra-vidhitn-utsrjya yajante śraddhayānvitāh
Tesām nisthā tu kā Kfsna sattvam-āho rajas-tamah
Arjuna said-

1. Those who, setting aside the ordinance of the Śāstra, worship with iraddhā (faith),-what is the condition of them, 0 Krsna? (Is it) sattva, or rajas, or tamast Those, i.e. the ordinary men, who, setting aside, letting alone, the ordinance of the Śāstra, the procedure enjoined by Scriptures, the Śruti and the Smtti, worship with iraddha, adore the gods and others with faith, with belief in God and another world beyond:-

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References and Context

  1. ↑ XVI, 24
  2. ↑ The future lots of believers and non-believers, i.e., persons who, knowing the view-point of the Scriptures, do or do not have faith in their teachings,-have been described (in Chap. XVI). Now, Arjuna proceeds to question, with a view to knowing the fate of believers who are not acquainted with the Scriptures. (A)

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Chapter No Chapter Name Page No
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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