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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 13.34

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 13.34 · 13 · Verse 34

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Sanskrit Original

।।13.34।। --,यथा प्रकाशयति अवभासयति एकः कृत्स्नं लोकम् इमं रविः सविता आदित्यः? तथा तद्वत् महाभूतादि धृत्यन्तं क्षेत्रम् एकः सन् प्रकाशयति। कः क्षेत्री परमात्मा इत्यर्थः। रविदृष्टान्तः अत्र आत्मनः उभयार्थोऽपि भवति -- रविवत् सर्वक्षेत्रेषु एक एव आत्मा? अलेपकश्च इति।।समस्ताध्यायार्थोपसंहारार्थः अयं श्लोकः --,

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13.34 Yatha, as; ekam, the one; ravih, sun; prakasayati, illumines; imam, this; krtsnam, whole; lokam, world tatha, similarly;-who?-ksetri, the Knower of the field, i.e. the supreme Self, though one; prakasayati, illumines; krtsnam, the whole; ksetram, field, from the 'great elements' to 'fortitude' (cf. 5-6). Here the illustration of the sun serves to highlight two aspects of the Self, viz that, like the sun, the Self is one in all the fields, and that It remains unaffected. This verse is meant for summarizing the idea of the whole of this chapter: