Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 8.19
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 8.19 · 8 · Verse 19
Sanskrit Original
।।8.19।। --,भूतग्रामः भूतसमुदायः स्थावरजङ्गमलक्षणः यः पूर्वस्मिन् कल्पे आसीत् स एव अयं नान्यः। भूत्वा भूत्वा अहरागमे प्रलीयते पुनः पुनः रात्र्यागमे अह्नः क्षये अवशः अस्वतन्त्र एव हे पार्थ प्रभवति जायते अवश एव अहरागमे।। यत् उपन्यस्तम् अक्षरम् तस्य प्राप्त्युपायो निर्दिष्टः ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म (गीता 8।13) इत्यादिना। अथ इदानीम् अक्षरस्यैव स्वरूपनिर्दिदिक्षया इदम् उच्यते अनेन योगमार्गेण इदं गन्तव्यमिति --,
8.19 O son of Prtha, bhutva, after being born again and again at the approach of day; sah eva, that very-not any other; bhutagramah, multitude of beings, consisting of the moving and the non-moving objects that existed in the earlier cycle of creation; praliyate, disappears repeatedly; avasah, in spinte of itself, [For they are impelled by their own defects] without any independence whatever; ratri-agame, at the approach of night, at the close of the day. Prabhavati, it comes to life, verily in spite of itself; ahar-agame, at the approach of day. The means for the attainment of that Immutable which was introduced has been pointed out in, 'He who departs by leaving the body while uttering the single syllable, viz Om, which is Brahman, ' etc. (13). Now, with a vies to indicating the real nature of that very Immutable, this is being said-that It is to be reached through this path of yoga: