Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 8.23
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 8.23 · 8 · Verse 23
Sanskrit Original
।।8.23।। -- यत्र काले प्रयाताः इति व्यवहितेन संबन्धः। यत्र यस्मिन् काले तु अनावृत्तिम् अपुनर्जन्म आवृत्तिं तद्विपरीतां चैव। योगिनः इति योगिनः कर्मिणश्च उच्यन्ते कर्मिणस्तु गुणतः -- कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् (गीता 3।3) इति विशेषणात् -- योगिनः। यत्र काले प्रयाताः मृताः योगिनः अनावृत्तिं यान्ति यत्र काले च प्रयाताः आवृत्तिं यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।तं कालमाह --,
8.23 Bharatarsabha, O best of the Bharata dynasty; vaksyami, I shall speak; tu, now; tam, of that; kalam, time; prayatah, by departing, by dying; (-these words are to be which time; yoginah, the yogis; yanti, attain; anavrttim, the State of Non-return, of nonrirth; ca eva, and also; of the time by departing at which they attain its opposite, avrttim, the State of Return. By 'Yogis' are implied both the yogis (men of meditation) and the men of acitons (rites and duties). But the men of action are yogis by courtesy, in accordance with the description, 'through the Yoga of Action for the yogis' (3.3). The Lord speaks of that time: [This is Ast.'s reading.-Tr.]