Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 5.7
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 5.7 · 5 · Verse 7
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।।5.7।। योगेन युक्तः योगयुक्तः विशुद्धात्मा विशुद्धसत्त्वः विजितात्मा विजितदेहः जितेन्द्रियश्च सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा सर्वेषां ब्रह्मादीनां स्तम्बपर्यन्तानां भूतानाम् आत्मभूतः आत्मा प्रत्यक्चेतनो यस्य सः सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा सम्यग्दर्शीत्यर्थः स तत्रैवं वर्तमानः लोकसंग्रहाय कर्म कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते न कर्मभिः बध्यते इत्यर्थः।।न च असौ परमार्थतः करोतीत्यतः
5.7 When again, as a means to attain full enlightenment, this person becomes yoga-yuktah, endowed with yoga; visuddhatma, pure in mind; vijitatma, controlled in body; jitendriyah, a coneror of the organs; and sarva-bhutatma-bhutatma, the Self of the selves of all beings-one whose Self (atma), the inmost consciousness, has become the selves (atma) of all beings (sarva-bhuta) beginning from Brahma to a clump of grass-, i.e., fully illumined; (then,) thus continuing in that state, he na lipyate, does not become tainted; kurvan api, even while performing actions for preventing mankind from going astray. That is to say, he does not become bound by actions. And besides, this person does not act in the real sense. Hence,