January20 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 2; Verses 2.11 (Day 20) Sankhya Yoga
CHAPTER 2
Grieve Not For The Imperishable
January 20 – Chapter 2;
Verse 11
Day 20 [2.11]
श्रीभगवानुवाच
।
अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं
प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे ।
गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥ २-११॥
Śhrī Bhagavān uvācha
aśhochyān anvaśhochas tvaṁ prajñā vādānśh cha bhāṣhase
gatāsūn agatāsūnśh cha nānuśhochanti paṇḍitāḥ
(2.11)
ஶ்ரீப4க3வானுவாச1 |
அஶோச்1யானன்வஶோச1ஸ்த்1வம் ப்1ரஞ்ஞாவாதா3ன்ஶ்ச1 பா4ஷஸே
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க3தா1ஸூனக3தா1ஸூன்ஶ்ச1 நானுஶோச1ன்தி2 ப1ண்டி3தா1:
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The
Blessed Lord said:
11. You have grieved for those that should not be grieved for, yet you speak words of wisdom. The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead.
Commentary: The Philosophy of
the Gita begins from this verse.
Bhishma and Drona deserve no grief because
they are eternal in their real nature and they are virtuous men who possess
very good conduct. Though you speak
words of wisdom, you are unwise because you grieve for those who are really
eternal and who deserve no grief. They
who are endowed with the knowledge of the Self are wise men. They will not grieve for the living or for
the dead because they know well that the Self is immortal and that It is
unborn. They also know that there is no
such a thing as death, that it is a separation of the astral body from the
physical, that death is nothing more than a disintegration of matter and that
the five elements of which the body is composed return to their source. Arjuna had forgotten the eternal nature of
the soul and the changing nature of
the body. Because of his ignorance, he
began to act as if the temporary relations with kinsmen, teachers, etc., were
permanent. He forgot that his relations
with this world in his present life were the results of past actions. These, when exhausted, end all relationship
and new ones crop up when one takes another body.
The result of past actions is known as karma and that portion of the karma which gave rise to the present
incarnation is known as prarabdha karma.
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