Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 15.4
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 15.4 · 15 · Verse 4
Sanskrit Original
।।15.4।। --,ततः पश्चात् यत् पदं वैष्णवं तत् परिमार्गितव्यम्? परिमार्गणम् अन्वेषणं ज्ञातव्यमित्यर्थः। यस्मिन् पदे गताः प्रविष्टाः न निवर्तन्ति न आवर्तन्ते भूयः पुनः संसाराय। कथं परिमार्गितव्यमिति आह -- तमेव च यः पदशब्देन उक्तः आद्यम् आदौ भवम् आद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये इत्येवं परिमार्गितव्यं तच्छरणतया इत्यर्थः। कः असौ पुरुषः इति? उच्यते -- यतः यस्मात् पुरुषात् संसारमायावृक्षप्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता निःसृता? ऐन्द्रजालिकादिव माया? पुराणी चिरंतनी।।कथंभूताः तत् पदं गच्छन्तीति? उच्यते --,
15.4 Tatah, thereafter; tat, that; padam, State of Visnu; parimargitavyam, has to be sought for, i.e. realized; gatah, going, entering; yasmin, where, into which State; they na, do not; nivartanti, return; bhuyah, again, for worldly life. As to how It is to be sought for, the Lord says: Prapadye, I take refuge; tam, in that; adyam, Primeval-existing from the beginning; purusam, Person, who has been mentioned by the word State; eva, Himself. The search has to be carried on thus, i.e., by taking refuge in Him. Who is that Person? That is being stated: Yatah, from whom, from which Person; prasrta, has ensued, like jugglery from a magician; purani, the eternal; pravrttih, Manifestation, the magic Tree of the World. What kind of persons reach that State? This is being answered: