Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.68
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.68 · 2 · Verse 68
Sanskrit Original
।।2.68।। इन्द्रियाणां प्रवृत्तौ दोष उपपादितो यस्मात् तस्मात् यस्य यतेः हे महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः सर्वप्रकारैः मानसादिभेदैः इन्द्रियाणि इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः शब्दादिभ्यः तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।। योऽयं लौकिको वैदिकश्च व्यवहारः स उत्पन्नविवेकज्ञानस्य स्थितप्रज्ञस्य अविद्याकार्यत्वात् अविद्यानिवृत्तौ निवर्तते अविद्यायाश्च विद्याविरोधात् निवृत्तिः इत्येतमर्थं स्फुटीकुर्वन् आह
2.68 Since the evils arising from the activities of the organs have been described, tasmat, therefore; mahabaho, O mighty-armed one; tasya, his, the sannyasin's; prajna, wisdom; pratisthita, becomes established; yasya, whose; indriyani, organs; sarvasah, in all their varieties, differentiated as mind etc.; nigrhitani, are withdrawn; indriya-arthhyah, from their objects such as sound etc. In the case of a man of steady wisdom in whom has arisen discriminating knowledge, those which are these ordinary and Vedic dealings cease on the eradication of ignorance, they being effects of ignorance. And ignorance ceases because it is opposed to Knowledge. For clarifying this idea, the Lord says: