Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 11.54
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 11.54 · 11 · Verse 54
Sanskrit Original
।।11.54।। --,भक्त्या तु किंविशिष्टया इति आह -- अनन्यया अपृथग्भूतया? भगवतः अन्यत्र पृथक् न कदाचिदपि या भवति सा त्वनन्या भक्तिः। सर्वैरपि करणैः वासुदेवादन्यत् न उपलभ्यते यया? सा अनन्या भक्तिः? तया भक्त्या शक्यः अहम् एवंविधः विश्वरूपप्रकारः हे अर्जुन? ज्ञातुं शास्त्रतः। न केवलं ज्ञातुं शास्त्रतः? द्रष्टुं च साक्षात्कर्तुं तत्त्वेन तत्त्वतः? प्रवेष्टुं च मोक्षं च गन्तुं परंतप।।अधुना सर्वस्य गीताशास्त्रस्य सारभूतः अर्थः निःश्रेयसार्थः अनुष्ठेयत्वेन समुच्चित्य उच्यते --,
11.54 Tu, but, O Arjuna; bhaktya, by devotion-. Of what kind? To this the Lord says: Ananyaya, by (that devotion which is ) single-minded. That is called single-minded devotion which does not turn to anything else other than the Lord, and owing to which nothing else but Vasudeva is perceived by all the organs. With that devotion, aham sakyah, am I able; evamvidhah, in this form-in the aspect of the Cosmic form; jnatum, to to known-from the scriptures; not merely to be known from the scriptures, but also drastum, to be seen , to be realized directly; tattvena, in reality; and also pravestum, to be entered into-for attaining Liberation; parantapa, O destroyer of foes. Now the essential purport of the whole scripture, the Gita, which is meant for Liberation, is being stated by summing it up so that it may be practised: