Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.40
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 6.40 · 6 · Verse 40
Sanskrit Original
।।6.40।। हे पार्थ नैव इह लोके नामुत्र परस्मिन् वा लोके विनाशः तस्य विद्यते नास्ति। नाशो नाम पूर्वस्मात् हीनजन्मप्राप्तिः स योगभ्रष्टस्य नास्ति। न हि यस्मात् कल्याणकृत् शुभकृत् कश्चित् दुर्गतिं कुत्सितां गतिं हे तात तनोति आत्मानं पुत्ररूपेणेति पिता तात उच्यते। पितैव पुत्र इति पुत्रोऽपि तात उच्यते। शिष्योऽपि पुत्र उच्यते। यतो न गच्छति।।किं तु अस्य भवति
6.40 O Partha, eva vidyate, there is certainly; na vinasah, no ruin; tasya, for him; iha, here, in this world; or amutra, hereafter, in the other world. Ruin means a birth inferior to the previous one; that is not there for one who has fallen from Yoga. Hi, for; na kascit, no one; kalyana-krt, engaged in good; gacchati, meets with; durgatim, a deplorable end; tata, My son! A father is called tata because he perpetuates himself (tanoti) through the son. Since the father himself becomes the son, therefore the son also is called tata. A disciple is called putra (son). [Sri krsna addressed Arjuna thus because the latter was his disciple.] But what happens to him?