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Did Adi Shankara say anything about the Ishvara Gita?
Yes, Aadi Guru Shankracharya ji Quoted Srimad Ishvara Gita in his Brahm sutra bhashya 2:3:45.:
“īśvaragītāsvapi ca īśvarāṃśatvaṃ jīvasya smaryate” (Shankara’s Brahmasutra Bhashya 2:3:45).
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How did Krishna justify war?
Utanka, an ascetic, asked Sri Krishna why he didn't stop the war. Sri Krishna's answer was that he did his best but failed to change the mind of the Kauravas. He didn't give any philosophical reason.
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Did Adi Shankara say anything about the Ishvara Gita?
Yes. 6.2.6 of Ishvara Gita has been referred by Adi Shankaracharya in his commentary on Brahma sutras 2.3.45:
"īśvaragītāsvapi ca īśvarāṃśatvaṃ jīvasya smaryate”
“In the 'Ishvaragita’ also, the ...
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Why does Krishna Vishwaroop contain all the manifestations of Adityas, Rudras, Shiva, Brahma, Vasus, Aswinis, etc., but surprisingly not Sri Ram?
According to Vedās it is Śrī Rām alone who manifests in numerous forms:—
रूपस्थानां देवतानां पुंस्त्र्यङ्गास्त्रादिकल्पना । द्विचत्वारिषडष्टानां दश द्वादश षोडश ॥
अष्टादशामी कथिता हस्ताः शङ्खादिभिर्युता...
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Bhagvad gita 18 :66 , is surrender to krishna possible without leaving duties
Please look into the surrounding verses than stand-alone verse.
18.61 The Supreme Lord dwells in the hearts of all living beings, O Arjun. According to their karmas, He directs the wanderings of the ...
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Bhagvad gita 18 :66 , is surrender to krishna possible without leaving duties
If Abandon all varieties of dharmas could only mean , forsaking one's duties in order to surrender,.. then Lord Krishna would have agreed with Arjunas persistence in resorting to asceticism by ...
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Uttara Gita: Source of Uttara Gita in Mahabharata
In response to your question, I gather after searching that the sources are in the Mahabharat, but it is not a direct subsection of it.
Technically:Uttaragītā (उत्तरगीता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s ...
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My question is on the Bhagavad Geeta Chapter 1 verse 1.?
By the time of Sanjaya's narration of the Bhagavad Gita to Dhritarashtra, Bhishma was already lying on a bed of arrows, having fallen in battle, and Sanjaya is narrating events that already happened ...
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