श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता गीतार्थं संग्रहोपेतो Ramakantha too takes practically the same stand.¹ Bhaskara interprets afafaga in the sense 'not accor- ding to the injunctions (i.e. proper injunctions) made for the path of liberation. However, Ag. first takes the word in the sense of 'varied injunctions." He affirms that the Lord worshipped by any and every method does cause the aspirant to come out of the Samsara. His confirmed view is: No name or deity is to be insisted upon Holding fast to any form and name of a deity with no desire for result surely yields emancipation to the aspirant.5 With all vehemence he criticises those commentators who interpret avidhi in the sense 'wrong or defective injunctions' and he describes them as acquiring sin by insulting other 4 xlii (F. n. 1. Contd. from p. xli) अमानित्यादिकम् । [डु धान् धारणपोषणयोरिति धातोर्जुहोत्यादेः 'उपसमें घो: कि.' (PA, III, iii, 92) इत्युपसर्गे उपपदे घुसंज्ञकेभ्यो भावे अकर्तरि कारके च किप्रत्ययविधानात् । ] Ramakantha too perhaps has more or less similar word mean- ing in his mind while interpreting the expression (See next note). Probably Sankaracarya intends this also: By perform- ing sacrifices for different gods, people in fact worship the Supreme only; but they are ignorant of this fact because of their pride, hypocricy (manitva-dambhitvādi) etc. स्वात्मनि अद्वयचिन्मावलक्षण मत्स्वरूपानुभव: 1. Cf. fafa: तदन्यः अविधि: etc. 2. Cf. अविधिपूर्वकं मुक्तिमार्ग विधिरहितमित्यर्थः । 3. I e. those injunctions that are found in other religions and other philosophies. For details of this as well as the second interpretation of the word by Ag., see the Tippani and Anubandha (pt.I) and the Notes (pt II) on this verse. Ch. XIII, 24-25. 4 5 Ch. VII, 24. 200
