Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 5.15
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 5.15 · 5 · Verse 15
Sanskrit Original
।।5.15।। न आदत्ते न च गृह्णाति भक्तस्यापि कस्यचित् पापम्। न चैव आदत्ते सुकृतं भक्तैः प्रयुक्तं विभुः। किमर्थं तर्हि भक्तैः पूजादिलक्षणं यागदानहोमादिकं च सुकृतं प्रयुज्यते इत्याह अज्ञानेन आवृतं ज्ञानं विवेकविज्ञानम् तेन मुह्यन्ति करोमि कारयामि भोक्ष्ये भोजयामि इत्येवं मोहं गच्छन्ति अविवेकिनः संसारिणो जन्तवः।।
5.15 Vibhuh, the Omnipresent; na adatte, neither accetps; kasyacit, anybody's-even a adevotee's; papam, sin; na ca eva, nor even; does He accept sukrtam, virtue offered by devotees. Why then are such virtuous acts as worship etc. as also sacrifices, charity, oblation, etc. worship etc. as also sacrifices, charity, oblation, etc. offered by devotees? To this the Lord says: Jnanam, knowledge, discriminating wisdom; remains avrtam, covered; ajnanena, by ignorance. Tena, thery; jantavah, the creatures, the non-discriminating people in the world; muhyanti, become deluded thus-'I do; I make others do; I eat; I make others eat.'