Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Sankhya Yogam: Chapter 2: Verse 69
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) For the One Who is Turned Inwards & Can Find Bliss There the Worldly Activities Become Meaningless या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी | यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुने: || 2.69|| yā niśhā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti sanyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśhā paśhyato muneḥ||...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Sankhya Yogam: Chapter 2: Verse 29
Knowing About Soul/Divine Essence is a Matter of Great Fortune & Only Few Can Realize it आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्य: | आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्य: शृ्णोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् || 2.29|| āśhcharya-vat paśhyati kaśhchid enan āśhcharya-vad vadati tathaiva chānyaḥ āśhcharya-vach chainam anyaḥ śhṛiṇoti śhrutvāpyenaṁ veda na chaiva kaśhchit|| 2.29||...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Sankhya Yogam: Chapter 2: Verse 26
Explanation Lord Krishna explains here that Even if Arjuna doesn’t believe that the eternal essence is imperishable, it’s fine; but if he believes that the eternal essence(soul), which is present in the human body, passes through birth and death with the body, if he understands this even then there...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Sankhya Yogam: Chapter 2: Verse 25
Explanation Lord Shri Krishna says to associate yourself with the everlasting essence (soul) rather than the body, Arjuna. It cannot be slaughtered or slain since the eternal nature is eternal and imperishable. As a result, do not be sad for the warriors of the opposing army who are about...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Sankhya Yogam: Chapter 2: Verse 24
Explanation The message about immortality is being stressed once again. It is not enough to just communicate faultless information; for that knowledge to be effective, it must penetrate deeply into the student’s heart. As a result, a good teacher will frequently repeat a previous point. In the Bhagavad Gita,...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Sankhya Yogam: Chapter 2: Verse 23
Explanation Our intellect will find it hard to understand the everlasting essence (soul) since it is abstract. This is totally natural, because the intellect cannot fully grasp the everlasting essence. However, negation can help us get near to it. Similarly, the eternal essence is expressed here by negation, implying...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Sankhya Yogam: Chapter 2: Verse 22
Explanation Shree Krishna continues to describe the nature of the soul by repeating the concept of reincarnation and comparing it to a common action. We discard worn-out and useless garments in favour of new ones, but we do not transform ourselves in the process. When the soul discards its...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Sankhya Yogam: Chapter 2: Verse 21
Explanation Shri Krishna is implying that “this,” the eternal essence (soul), does not act and is not affected by any action, in the same way, that electricity does not act. It gives material objects the ability to act without actually doing so. As a result, a sensible person will...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Sankhya Yogam: Chapter 2: Verse 20
Explanation This shloka emphasizes the timeless and changeless nature of the eternal essence (soul) that we have seen thus far. Any material object, including the human body, undergoes six types of changes: birth, existence, change, growth, decay, and death These are bodily transformations, not self-transformations. The eternal essence is...
Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Sankhya Yogam: Chapter 2: Verse 19
Explanation Arjuna was concerned that he would be held responsible for the deaths of his relatives, which he disliked. However, Shri Krishna advised him to use the logic or perspective of the eternal essence in this Shloka. The everlasting essence does not kill, and it does not die as...