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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 18.35

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 18.35 · 18 · Verse 35

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Sanskrit Original

।।18.35।। --,यया स्वप्नं निद्रां भयं त्रासं शोकं विषादं विषण्णतां मदं विषयसेवाम् आत्मनः बहुमन्यमानः मत्त इव मदम् एव च मनसि नित्यमेव कर्तव्यरूपतया कुर्वन् न विमुञ्चति धारयत्येव दुर्मेधाः कुत्सितमेधाः पुरुषः यः? तस्य धृतिः या? सा तामसी मता।।गुणभेदेन क्रियाणां कारकाणां च त्रिविधो भेदः उक्तः। अथ इदानीं फलस्य सुखस्य त्रिविधो भेदः उच्यते --,

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18.35 That firmness is mata, considered to be; tamasi, born of tamas; yaya, due to which; durmedha, a person with a corrupt intellect; na vimuncati, does not give up-indeed, holds fast to; svapnam, sleep; bhayam, fear; sokam, sorrow; visadam, despondency; eva ca, as also; madam, sensuality, enjoyment of objects-mentally holding these as things that must always be resorted to, considering them to be greatly important to himself, like a drunkard thinking of wine. The threefold division of action as also of agents according to the differences of the gunas has been stated. After that, now is being stated the threefold division of results and happiness: