Shankara Bhashyam

What is Sat? What then is that Sat which is always there? It is said… Verse 17: That by which everything is covered is indestructible. None indeed can destroy that which is inexpendable. Avinashi is that which does not have...

“What is” exists;  “What is not” doesn’t 16: For what does not exist, there is no existence. For what is, there is no non-existence. The people who knew the truth, know the reality of these statements clearly. For the qualities...

Sense organs and sense objects Verse 14: Bhashyam: That by which something is measured – sound etc. is Matra. Beginning with the sense of hearing, the sense of touch – when they join well with sound and feeling, the experiences...

Wisdom and Ignorance The actual commentary of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita by Bhagavan Sri Sankaracharya begins with chapter 2, Verse 11: Shri Bhagavan said: You are worrying about Bhishma, Drona and others who need not be worried about as they...

Purify mind with action. Realise the Self Here furthermore, beginning from ‘Drishtwa tu Pandavaneekam,’ up to the statement ‘Na Yotsya Iti Govindam Uktwa Tushnim Babhuva Ha’ , the text has highlighted the grief and delusion of beings.  The grief and...

The Bhashyam for the Srimad Bhagavad Gita begins with a prayer to Bhagavan Sriman Narayana who is beyond the manifested creation. From the unmanifest, he created this egg. From this egg came all these worlds, the seven oceans and this...