Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 14.14
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 14.14 · 14 · Verse 14
Sanskrit Original
।।14.14।। --,यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे उद्भूते तु प्रलयं मरणं याति प्रतिपद्यते देहभृत् आत्मा? तदा उत्तमविदां महदादितत्त्वविदाम् इत्येतत्? लोकान् अमलान् मलरहितान् प्रतिपद्यते प्राप्नोति इत्येतत्।।
14.14 Yada, when; deha-bhrt, an embodied one, the soul; yati, undergoes; pralayam, death; sattve pravrddhe, while sattva is predominant; tu, exclusively; [Tu is used to exclude rajas and tamas.-S.] tada, then; pratipadyate, he attains, i.e. gains; the amalan, tainless, stainless; lokan, worlds; [The worlds of Brahma, etc., which are free from the impurity of predominance either of rajas or tamas.] uttamavidam, of those who know the highest, i.e. of those who have known the principles-mahat and the rest.