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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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13.9 Non-attachment with regard to objects of the<br />

senses, and also absence of egotism; seeing the evil<br />

in birth, death, old age, diseases and miseries;<br />

English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit<br />

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

13.9 Vairagyam, non-attachment, the attitude of<br />

dispassion; indriya-arthesu, with regard to objects<br />

of the senses, viz sound etc., with regard to seen or<br />

unseen objects of enjoyment; eva ca, and also;<br />

anahankarah, absence of egotism, absence of pride;<br />

janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosaanudarsanam,<br />

seeing the evil in birth, death, old<br />

age, diseases and miseries-seeing the evil in each<br />

one of them from 'birth' to 'miseries'. The evil in<br />

birth consists in lying in the womb and coming out<br />

of it; seeing, i.e. thinking, of it. Similarly, thinking<br />

of the evil in death; so also, seeing in old age the<br />

evil in the form of deprivation of intelligence,<br />

strength and vigour, and becoming an object of<br />

contempt. In the same way, thinking of the evil in<br />

diseases like headtache etc.; so also with regard to<br />

miseries arising from causes physical, natural and<br />

supernatural. Or, duhkha-dosa may mean the<br />

miseries themselves which are evil. Seeing, as<br />

before, that (evil in the form of miseries) in birth<br />

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