Shankara Bhashyam
A balanced state of mind
Sankara Bhashya–Part 21
The supreme state Verse 2.51: कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः । जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥ karmajam buddhiyuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ | janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gacchantyanāmayam|| Giving up the results of actions born of activities done in the past should be understood...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 20
A balanced state of mind Verse 2.49: दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय । बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः॥ dūreṇa hyavaraṃ karma buddhiyogād dhanañjaya | buddhau śaraṇam anviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ || Very far away and extremely clearly action done with desire for its results is...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 19
Balance of mind is Yoga Verse 2.47: कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ karmanye vadhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana |mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo ’stv akarmaṇi || O Arjuna, your jurisdiction lies in action alone and not in meditation. Even...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 18
Actions have limitations Verse 2.45: त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन।निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् ॥ Trai-guṇya-viṣayā vedā nistrai-guṇyo bhavārjuna |Nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho niryoga-kṣema ātmavān || Vedas are about three subjects. The three qualities are of the nature of change and transformation as they illumine the...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 17
Praising the Vedas Verse 2.43: कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम् |क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति ||kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā janma-karma-phala-pradām| kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulāṁ bhogaiśvarya-gatiṁ prati || They are of the nature of desire. They are filled with desire, it means. They consider going to heaven as the...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 16
Intellect – Steady and Unsteady Verse 2.41: व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन | बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् ||vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana | bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām || For the intellect which has been cultivated and steady, since this buddhi is one-pointed and born out...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 15
A win-win situation Verse 2.39: एषा तेऽभिहिता साङ्ख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां शृणु।बुद्ध्या युक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि॥ Eṣā te ’bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhir yoge tv imāṁ śṛṇu | Buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karma-bandhaṁ prahāsyasi || The Sankhya Yoga I taught you on the intellect that...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 14
If you do not act! Verse 2.32: अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं सङ्ग्रामं न करिष्यसि | ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि || Atha chet tvam imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣyasi | Tataḥ sva-dharmaṁ kīrtiṁ cha hitvā pāpam avāpsyasi || If you do not participate...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 13
Don’t swerve from Swadharma Verse 2.31: स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि।धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते॥ sva-dharmam api chāvekṣya na vikampitum arhasi |dharmyād dhi yuddhāch chhreyo ’nyat kṣatriyasya na vidyate || In the light of your own duty as a Kshatriya which is...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 12
The one who lives is eternal Verse 2.30: देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत। तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि॥dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata| tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṁ śocitum arhasi|| The one who lives in the Deha, Shareera is the Dehi...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 11
No need to worry ever Verse 2.27: जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर् ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च । तस्माद् अपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुम् अर्हसि ॥ jAtasya hi dhruvo mRityur dhruvaM janma mRitasya cha | tasmAd aparihArye’rthe na tvaM shochitum arhasi || Jatasya:...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 10
Whether Atma is eternal or not! Verse 25: Avyakta, Achintya, Avikarya Avikriya: This Self is unmanifest as it is not an object to all senses including the mind and intellect. Therefore it is beyond thought. That which can be perceived by...
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Sankara Bhashya-Part 9
Bodies are dropped like old clothes Verse 22: Vasamsi Jirnani: Clothes become old and weak and people of the world abandon them and take up new – very new clothes. In the same way people give up their old bodies...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 8
Purusha is unborn and eternal The Purusha, know O Arjuna is indestructible. He is unborn and eternal. How can one kill that Purusha and how is death possible for him? Know O Arjuna, the Purusha has no modification of destruction....
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Sankara Bhashya-Part 7
Neither kills nor gets killed If you think that I am killing Bhishma and the others in this battlefield and I am the killer, that thought is illusory. How? Verse 19: The one who knows himself as the killer of...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 6
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...
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Sankara Bhashya – Part 5
“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...
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Sankara Bhashya-Part 4
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...
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Shankara Bhashyam-Part 3
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...
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Shankara Bhashyam-Part 2
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...
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