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Sankara Bhashya–Part 22

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Steady wisdom signs

Verse 2.53:

श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला।  
समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि॥ śruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā  
samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi|| Hearing the different practices for working on the mind mentioned in th...

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Sankara Bhashya–Part 21

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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 don...

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Sankara Bhashya–Part 20

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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 r...

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Sankara Bhashya–Part 19

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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 t...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 18

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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 ar...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 17

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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...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 16

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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...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 15

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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...
11.05.26 08:39 AM - Comment(s)
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 14

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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 in this battle w...

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Sankara Bhashya–Part 13

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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 figh...



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