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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 10.34

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 10.34 · 10 · Verse 34

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Sanskrit Original

।।10.34।। --,मृत्युः द्विविधः धनादिहरः प्राणहरश्च तत्र यः प्राणहरः? स सर्वहरः उच्यते सः अहम् इत्यर्थः। अथवा? परः ईश्वरः प्रलये सर्वहरणात् सर्वहरः? सः अहम्। उद्भवः उत्कर्षः अभ्युदयः तत्प्राप्तिहेतुश्च अहम्। केषाम् भविष्यतां भाविकल्याणानाम्? उत्कर्षप्राप्तियोग्यानाम् इत्यर्थः। कीर्तिः श्रीः वाक् च नारीणां स्मृतिः मेधा धृतिः क्षमा इत्येताः उत्तमाः स्त्रीणाम् अहम् अस्मि? यासाम् आभासमात्रसंबन्धेनापि लोकः कृतार्थमात्मानं मन्यते।।

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10.34 Death which is of two kinds-one destroying wealth, and the other destroying life-, [Here Ast. adds: tatra yah prana-harah sah (sarva-harah ucyate)-Among them, that which destroys life (is called sarva-harah).-Tr.] is called sarva-harah, the destroyer of all. I am that. This is the meaning. Or, the supreme God is the all-destroyer because He destroys everything during dissolution. I am He. And I am udbhavah, prosperity, eminence, and the means to it. Of whom? Bhavisyatam, of those destined to be prosperous, i.e. of those who are fit for attaining eminence. Narinam, of the feminine alities; I am kirtih, fame; srih, beauty; vak, speech; smrtih, memory; medha, intelligence dhrtih, fortitude; and ksama, forbearance. I am these excellent feminine ialities, by coming to possess even a trace of which one considers himself successful.