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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 15.15

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 15.15 · 15 · Verse 15

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।।15.15।। --,सर्वस्य च प्राणिजातस्य अहम् आत्मा सन् हृदि बुद्धौ संनिविष्टः। अतः मत्तः आत्मनः सर्वप्राणिनां स्मृतिः ज्ञानं तदपोहनं च अपगमनं च येषां यथा पुण्यकर्मणां पुण्यकर्मानुरोधेन ज्ञानस्मृती भवतः? तथा पापकर्मणां पापकर्मानुरूपेण स्मृतिज्ञानयोः अपोहनं च अपायनम् अपगमनं च। वेदैश्च सर्वैः अहमेव परमात्मा वेद्यः वेदितव्यः। वेदान्तकृत् वेदान्तार्थसंप्रदायकृत् इत्यर्थः? वेदवित् वेदार्थवित् एव च अहम्।। भगवतः ईश्वरस्य नारायणाख्यस्य विभूतिसंक्षेपः उक्तः विशिष्टोपाधिकृतः यदादित्यगतं तेजः (गीता 15।12) इत्यादिना।,अथ अधुना तस्यैव क्षराक्षरोपाधिप्रविभक्ततया निरुपाधिकस्य केवलस्य स्वरूपनिर्दिधारयिषया उत्तरे श्लोकाः आरभ्यन्ते। तत्र सर्वमेव अतीतानागतानन्तराध्यायार्थजातं त्रिधा राशीकृत्य आह --,

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15.15 And aham, I, as the Self; san-nivistah, am seated; hrdi, in the hearts, in the intellects; sarvasya, of all creatures. Therefore, with regard to all the creatures, mattah, from Me, from the Self; are Smrtih, memory; jnanam, knowledge; and their apohanam, loss. The knowledge and memory of these creatures who perform good deeds come from Me in accordance with the good deeds; similarly, the loss, deterioration, of memory and knowledge of those who perform evil deeds comes from Me in accordance with the evil deeds. Aham eva, I alone, the supreme Self; am the vedyah, object to be known; sarvaih, through all; vedaih, the Vedas. I am also the vedanta-krt, the originator of the Vedanta, i.e., the source of the traditional school of the teachings of Vedanta; and aham eva, I Myself; am the veda-vit, knower of the Vedas, the knower of the teachings of the Vedas. In the verses beginning with, 'That light in the sun which৷৷.' (12), etc. have been stated briefly the majesty of God, the Lord called Naravana, which arise from special limiting adjuncts. Now then, the succeeding verses are begun with a view to determining the real nature of that very Lord as the Unconditioned and Absolute, by distinguishing Him from the limiting adjuncts, (viz) the mutable and the immutable. In that connection, after dividing into three parts [The two limiting adjuncts-the mutable and the immutable-, and the supreme Self.] all the teachings of the preceding and the immediately succeeding chapters, the Lord says: