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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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shows the cessation of all actions when the<br />

knowledge of the Self dawns. Hence (it is said):<br />

'...which have been spoken of in that Vedanta<br />

where actions culminate and which is meant for<br />

the knowledge of the Self.' Which are they? This is<br />

being answered:<br />

18.14 The locus as also the agent, the different<br />

kinds of organs, the many and distinct activities,<br />

and, the divine is here the fifth.<br />

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

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

18.14 Adhisthanam, the locus, the body, which is<br />

the seat, the basis, of the manifestation of desire,<br />

hatred, happiness, sorrow, knowledge, etc.; tatha,<br />

as also karta, the agent, the enjoyer [The individual<br />

Self which has intelligence etc. as its limiting<br />

adjuncts, due to which it appears to possess their<br />

characteristics and become identified with them.]<br />

who has assumed the characteristics of the limiting<br />

adjuncts; prthak vidham, the different kinds of;<br />

karanam, organs, the ears etc. which, twelve [The<br />

five organs of knowledge (eyes, ears, nose, tongue<br />

and skin), the five organs of actions (hands, feet,<br />

speech, organ of excertion and that of generation),<br />

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