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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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error, etc.-V.S.A.] is param, superior; indriyebhyah,<br />

to the organs. Similarly, buddhih, the intellect,<br />

having the nature of determination; is para,<br />

superior; manasah, to the mind. And yah, the one<br />

who is innermost as compared with all the objects<br />

of perception ending with the intellect, and with<br />

regard to which Dweller in the body it has been<br />

said that desire, in association with its 'abodes'<br />

counting from the organs, deludes It by shrouding<br />

Knowledge; sah, that one; is tu, however; paratah,<br />

superior; buddheh, to the intellect- He, the<br />

supreme Self, is the witness of the intellect. [The<br />

portion, 'with regard to which Dweller...the<br />

supreme Self,' is translated from Ast. Which has<br />

the same reading here as the A.A. The G1. Pr.<br />

Makes the "abode'' counting from the organs' an<br />

adjective of 'the Dweller in the body', and omits the<br />

portion, 'is tu, however...buddheh, to the intellect'.-<br />

Tr.]<br />

3.43 [The Ast, introdcues this verse with, 'Tatah<br />

kim, what follows from that?'-Tr.] Understanding<br />

the Self thus [Understanding...thus:that desires can<br />

be conquered through the knowledge of the Self.]<br />

as superior to the intellect, and completely<br />

establishing (the Self) is spiritual absorption with<br />

the (help of) the mind, O mighty-armed one,<br />

153

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