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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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samadhau, in samadhi, that is to say, in the Self --<br />

samadhi being derived in the sense of that in<br />

which the mind is fixed; tada, then, at that time;<br />

avapsyasi, you will attain; yogam, Yoga, the<br />

enlightenment, Self-absorption, that arises from<br />

discrimination. Having got an occasion for inquiry,<br />

Arjuna, with a view to knowing the characteristics<br />

of one who has the realization of the Self, [By the<br />

word samadhi is meant the enlightenment arising<br />

from discrimination, which has been spoken of in<br />

the commentary on the previous verse. The<br />

steadfastness which the monks have in that<br />

enlightenment is called steadfastness in<br />

Knowledge. Or the phrase may mean, 'the<br />

enlightenment achieved through meditation on the<br />

Self', i.e. the realization of the supreme Goal.]<br />

asked:<br />

2.54 Arjuna said -- O kesava, what is the<br />

description of a man of steady wisdom who is Selfabsorbed?<br />

How does the man of steady wisdom<br />

speak? How does he sit? How does he move<br />

about?<br />

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

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

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