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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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their hearts-atmabhavah means the seat that is the<br />

heart; being seated there itself; nasayami, destroy;<br />

tamah, the darkness; ajnanajam, born of ignorance,<br />

originating from non-discrimination, the darkness<br />

of delusion known as false comprehension; jnanadipena,<br />

with the lamp of Knowledge, in the form<br />

of discriminating comprehension; i.e. bhasvata,<br />

with the luminous lamp of Knowledge-fed by the<br />

oil of divine grace resulting from devotion, fanned<br />

by the wind of intensity of meditation on Me,<br />

having the wick of the intellect imbued with the<br />

impressions arising from such disciplines as<br />

celibacy etc., in the receptacle of the detached<br />

mind, placed in the windless shelter of the mind<br />

withdrawn from objects and untainted by likes and<br />

dislikes, and made luminous by full Illumination<br />

resulting from the practice of constant<br />

concentration and meditation. After hearing the<br />

above-described majesty and yoga of the Lord,<br />

10.12-10.13 Arjuna said -- You are the supreme<br />

Brahman, the supreme Light, the supreme<br />

Sanctifier. All the sages as also the divine sage<br />

Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasa [Although<br />

Narada and the other sages are already mentioned<br />

by the words 'all the sages', still they are named<br />

separately because of their eminence. Asita is the<br />

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