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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 18.53

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 18.53 · 18 · Verse 53

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Sanskrit Original

।।18.53।। --,अहंकारम् अहंकरणम् अहंकारः देहादिषु तम्? बलं सामर्थ्यं कामरागसंयुक्तम् -- न इतरत् शरीरादिसामर्थ्यं स्वाभाविकत्वेन तत्त्यागस्य अशक्यत्वात् -- दर्पं दर्पो नाम हर्षानन्तरभावी धर्मातिक्रमहेतुः हृष्टो दृप्यति दृप्तो धर्ममतिक्रामति इति स्मरणात् तं च? कामम् इच्छां क्रोधं द्वेषं परिग्रहम् इन्द्रियमनोगतदोषपरित्यागेऽपि शरीरधारणप्रसङ्गेन धर्मानुष्ठाननिमित्तेन वा बाह्यः परिग्रहः? प्राप्तः तं च विमुच्य परित्यज्य? परमहंसपरिव्राजको भूत्वा? देहजीवनमात्रेऽपि निर्गतममभावः निर्ममः? अत एव शान्तः उपरतः? यः संहृतहर्षायासः यतिः ज्ञाननिष्ठः ब्रह्मभूयाय ब्रह्मभवनाय कल्पते समर्थो भवति।।अनेन क्रमेण --,

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18.53 (That person) vimucya, having discarded; ahan-karam, egotism, thinking of the body, organs, etc. as the ego; balam, force-which is associated with desire and attachment; not the other kind of strength consisting in the fitness of the body etc., becuase being natural it cannot be descarded-; darpam, pride, which follows elation and leads to transgresson of righteousness-for the Smrti says, 'An elated person becomes proud; a proud man transgresses righteousness' (Ap. Dh. Su. 1.13.4); kamam, desire; krodham, anger, aversion; parigraham, superfluous possessions-even after removing the defects in the organs and the mind, there arises the possibility of acceptance of gifts either for the maintenance of the body or for righteous duties; discarding them as well, i.e. becoming a mendicant of the param-hamsa class; nirmamah, free from the idea of possession, becoming devoid of the idea of 'me' and 'mine' even with regard to so much as one's body and life; and for the very same reason, santah, serene, withdrawn; the monk who is effortless and steadfast in Knowledge, kalpate, becomes fit; brahma-bhuyaya, for becoming Brahman.