Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 10.18
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 10.18 · 10 · Verse 18
Sanskrit Original
।।10.18।। --,विस्तरेण आत्मनः योगं योगैश्वर्यशक्तिविशेषं विभूतिं च विस्तरं ध्येयपदार्थानां हे जनार्दन? अर्दतेः गतिकर्मणः रूपम्? असुराणां देवप्रतिपक्षभूतानां जनानां नरकादिगमयितृत्वात् जनार्दनः अभ्युदयनिःश्रेयसपुरुषार्थप्रयोजनं सर्वैः जनैः याच्यते इति वा। भूयः पूर्वम् उक्तमपि कथय तृप्तिः परितोषः हि यस्मात् नास्ति मे मम शृण्वतः त्वन्मुखनिःसृतवाक्यामृतम्।।श्रीभगवानुवाच --,
10.18 O Janardana: ardana is derived from ard, in the sense of the act of going; by virtue of making the janas, the demons who are opposed to the gods, go to hell etc. He is called Jana-ardana. Or, He is called so because He is prayed to [The verbal root ard has got a second meaning, 'to pray'.] by all beings for the sake of human goals, viz prosperity and Liberation. Kathaya, narrate to me; bhuyah, again, though spoken of earlier; atmanah, Your own; yogam, yoga-the special ability in the form of mystic powers; and vibhutaim, the (divine) manifestations-the variety of the objects of meditation; vistarena, elaborately. Hi, for; srnvatah, while hearing; (Your) amrtam, nectar-like speech issuing out of Your mouth; na asti, there is no; trptih, satiety; me, in me.