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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.32

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.32 · 4 · Verse 32

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।।4.32।। एवं यथोक्ता बहुविधा बहुप्रकारा यज्ञाः वितताः विस्तीर्णाः ब्रह्मणो वेदस्य मुखे द्वारे वेदद्वारेण अवगम्यमानाः ब्रह्मणो मुखे वितता उच्यन्ते तद्यथा वाचि हि प्राणं जुहुमः इत्यादयः। कर्मजान् कायिकवाचिकमानसकर्मोद्भवान् विद्धि तान् सर्वान् अनात्मजान् निर्व्यापारो हि आत्मा। अत एवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे अशुभात्। न मद्व्यापारा इमे निर्व्यापारोऽहम् उदासीन इत्येवं ज्ञात्वा अस्मात् सम्यग्दर्शनात् मोक्ष्यसे संसारबन्धनात् इत्यर्थः।।ब्रह्मार्पणम् इत्यादिश्लोकेन सम्यग्दर्शनस्य यज्ञत्वं संपादितम्। यज्ञाश्च अनेके उपदिष्टाः। तैः सिद्धपुरुषार्थप्रयोजनैः ज्ञानं स्तूयते। कथम्

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4.32 Evam, thus; bahu-vidha yajnah, various kinds of sacrifices as described; vitatah, lie spread; mukhe, at the mouth, at the door; brahmanah, of the Vedas. Those which are known through the Vedas- as for instance, 'We offer the vital force into speech', etc.-are said to be vitatah, spread, elaborated; mukhe, at the mouth; brahmanah, of the Vedas. Viddhi, know; tan, them; sarvan, all; to be karmajan, born of action, accoplished through the activities of body, speech and mind, but not born of the Self. For the Self is actionless. Hence, jnatva, knowing; evam, thus; vimoksyase, you will become liberated from evil. By knowing thus- 'These are not my actions; I am actionless and detached'-You will be freed from worldly bondage as a result of this full enlightenment. This is the purport. Through the verse beginning with, 'The ladle is Brahman' etc., complete Illumination has been represented as a sacrifice. And sacrifices of various kinds have been taught. With the help of [Some translate this as: As compared with৷৷.-Tr.] those (sacrifices) that are meant for accomplishing desireable human ends, Knowledge (considered as a sacrifice) is being extolled: How?