Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 13.8
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 13.8 · 13 · Verse 8
Sanskrit Original
।।13.8।। --,अमानित्वं मानिनः भावः मानित्वमात्मनः श्लाघनम्? तदभावः अमानित्वम्। अदम्भित्वं स्वधर्मप्रकटीकरणं दम्भित्वम्? तदभावः अदम्भित्वम्। अहिंसा अहिंसनं प्राणिनामपीडनम्। क्षान्तिः परापराधप्राप्तौ अविक्रिया। आर्जवम् ऋजुभावः अवक्रत्वम्। आचार्योपासनं मोक्षसाधनोपदेष्टुः आचार्यस्य शुश्रूषादिप्रयोगेण सेवनम्। शौचं कायमलानां मृज्जलाभ्यां प्रक्षालनम् अन्तश्च मनसः प्रतिपक्षभावनया रागादिमलानामपनयनं शौचम्। स्थैर्यं स्थिरभावः? मोक्षमार्गे एव कृताध्यवसायत्वम्। आत्मविनिग्रहः आत्मनः अपकारकस्य आत्मशब्दवाच्यस्य कार्यकरणसंघातस्य विनिग्रहः स्वभावेन सर्वतः प्रवृत्तस्य सन्मार्गे एव निरोधः आत्मविनिग्रहः।।किञ्च --,
13.8 Amanitvam, humility-the ality of a vain person is manitvam, boasting about oneself; the absence of that is amanitvam. Adambhitvam, unpretentiousness- proclaming one's own virtues is dambhitvam; the absence of that is adambhitvam. Ahimsa, non-injury, absence of cruely towards creatures; ksantih, for-bearance, remaining undisturbed when offened by others; arjavam, sincerity, uprightness, absence of crookedness; acarya-upasanam, service of the teacher, attending on the teacher who instructs in the disciplines for Liberation, through acts of service etc.; saucam, cleanliness-washing away the dirt from the body with earth and water, and internally, removing the 'dirt' of the mind such as attachment etc. by thinking of their opposites; sthairyam, steadiness, perseverance in the path to Liberation alone; atma-vinigrahah, control of the aggregate of body and organs which is referred to by the word 'self', but which is inimical to the Self; restricting only to the right path that (aggregate) which naturally strays away in all directions. Further,