Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 14.2
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 14.2 · 14 · Verse 2
Sanskrit Original
।।14.2।। --,इदं ज्ञानं यथोक्तमुपाश्रित्य? ज्ञानसाधनम् अनुष्ठाय इत्येतत्? मम परमेश्वरस्य साधर्म्यं मत्स्वरूपताम् आगताः प्राप्ताः इत्यर्थः। न तु समानधर्मता साधर्म्यम्? क्षेत्रज्ञेश्वरयोः भेदानभ्युपगमात् गीताशास्त्रे। फलवादश्च अयं स्तुत्यर्थम् उच्यते। सर्गेऽपि सृष्टिकालेऽपि न उपजायन्ते। न उत्पद्यन्ते। प्रलये ब्रह्मणोऽपि विनाशकाले न व्यथन्ति च व्यथां न आपद्यन्ते? न च्यवन्ति इत्यर्थः।।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगः ईदृशः भूतकारणम् इत्याह --,
14.2 Agatah, those who attain; mama sadharmyam, identity with Me the supreme God, unity with My real nature-sadharmyam, however, does not mean similarity of attributes, for, in the scripture Gita, distinction between the Knower of the field and God is not admitted; and this statement of the result is by way of eulogy-; upasritya, by resorting to i.e. by following; idam, this; jnanam, Knowledge as described, i.e., by following the means to Knowledge; na, are not; upajayante, born, produced; api, even; sarge, during creation; nor do they vyathanti, suffer pain, i.e. they do not perish; pralaye, during dissolution, when even Brahma perishes. The Lord says that association of this kind between the field and the Knower of the field is the origin of all beings: