Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 13.5
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 13.5 · 13 · Verse 5
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।।13.5।। --,ऋषिभिः वसिष्ठादिभिः बहुधा बहुप्रकारं गीतं कथितम्। छन्दोभिः छन्दांसि ऋगादीनि तैः छन्दोभिः विविधैः नानाभावैः नानाप्रकारैः पृथक् विवेकतः गीतम्। किञ्च? ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्च एव ब्रह्मणः सूचकानि वाक्यानि ब्रह्मसूत्राणि तैः पद्यते गम्यते ज्ञायते इति तानि पदानि उच्यन्ते तैरेव च क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयाथात्म्यम् गीतम् इति अनुवर्तते। आत्मेत्येवोपासीत (बृह0 उ0 1।4।7) इत्येवमादिभिः ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैः आत्मा ज्ञायते? हेतुमद्भिः युक्तियुक्तैः विनिश्चितैः निःसंशयरूपैः निश्चितप्रत्ययोत्पादकैः इत्यर्थः।।स्तुत्या अभिमुखीभूताय अर्जुनाय आह भगवान् --,
13.5 Gitam, It has been sung of, spoken of; bahudha, in various ways; rsibhih, by the Rsis, by Vasistha and others; sung prthak, separately; vividhaih, by the different kinds of; chandobhih, Vedic texts-chandas mean the Rg-veda etc; by them; ca, and; besides, hetumadbhih, by the rational; and viniscitaih, by the convincing, i.e. by those which are productive of certain knowledge-not by those which are in an ambiguous form; brahma-sutra-padaih eva, sentences themselves which are indicative of and lead to Brahman. Brahma-sutras are the sentences indicative of Brahman. They are called padani since Brahman is reached, known, through them. By them indeed has been sung the true nature of the field and the Knower of the field (-this is understood). The Self is verily known through such sentences as, 'The Self alone is to be meditated upon' (Br. 1.4.7), which are indicative of and lead to Brahman. To Arjuna who had become interested as a result of the eulogy, the Lord says: