Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 13.30
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 13.30 · 13 · Verse 30
Sanskrit Original
।।13.30।। -- प्रकृत्या प्रकृतिः भगवतः माया त्रिगुणात्मिका? मायां तु प्रकृतिं विद्यात् (श्वे0 उ0 4।10) इति मन्त्रवर्णात्? तया प्रकृत्यैव च न अन्येन महदादिकार्यकरणाकारपरिणतया कर्माणि वाङ्मनःकायारभ्याणि क्रियमाणानि निर्वर्त्यमानानि सर्वशः सर्वप्रकारैः यः पश्यति उपलभते? तथा आत्मानं क्षेत्रज्ञम् अकर्तारं सर्वोपाधिविवर्जितं सः पश्यति? सः परमार्थदर्शी इत्यभिप्रायः निर्गुणस्य अकर्तुः निर्विशेषस्य आकाशस्येव भेदे प्रमाणानुपपत्तिः इत्यर्थः।।पुनरपि तदेव सम्यग्दर्शनं शब्दान्तरेण प्रपञ्चयति --,
13.30 And yah, he who; pasyati, sees, realizes; karmani, actions, those performed through speech, mind and body; as kriyamanani, being done, being accomplished; sarvasah, in various ways; prakrtya, by Nature-Nature is God's Maya consisting of the three alities, as is said in the Upanisadic text, 'However, know Maya as Nature' (Sv. 4.10); by that Nature; eva, itself-not by the other [Not by the Pradhana of the Sankhyas, known otherwise as prakrti.] which transforms itself in the form of cause and effects such as Mahat etc.; tatha, and also; atmanam, the Self, the Knower of the field; as akartaram, the non-agent, devoid of all adjuncts; sah, he; pasyati, sees-he is the one who has realized the supreme Reality. This is the idea. What is implied is that there is no valid proof about differences in the Non-agent who is devoid of alities and is unconditioned like space. The Lord elaborates again in other words that very true knowledge: