Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 12.7
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 12.7 · 12 · Verse 7
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।।12.7।। --,तेषां मदुपासनैकपराणाम् अहम् ईश्वरः समुद्धर्ता। कुतः इति आह -- मृत्युसंसारसागरात् मृत्युयुक्तः संसारः मृत्युसंसारः? स एव सागर इव सागरः? दुस्तरत्वात्? तस्मात् मृत्युसंसारसागरात् अहं तेषां समुद्धर्ता भवामि न चिरात्। किं तर्हि क्षिप्रमेव हे पार्थ? मयि आवेशितचेतसां मयि विश्वरूपे आवेशितं समाहितं चेतः येषां ते मय्यावेशितचेतसः तेषाम्।।यतः एवम्? तस्मात् --,
12.7 O son of Prtha, tesam, for them who are solely devoted to meditating on Me; avesita-cetasam mayi, who have their minds absorbed in, fixed on, merged in, Me who am the Cosmic Person; aham, I, God; bhavami, become; na cirat, without delay;-what then? soon indeed-the samuddharta, Deliverer-. Wherefrom? In answer the Lord says, mrtyu-samsara-sagarat, from the sea of the world which is fraught with death. Samsara (world) fraught with mrtyu (death) is mrtyu-samsara. That itself is like a sea, being difficult to cross. I become their deliverer from that sea of transmigration which is fraught with death. Since this is so, therefore,