January23 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 2; Verses 2.16 (Day 23) Sankhya Yoga
January 23 – Chapter 2;
Verse 16
Day 23 [2.16]
नासतो विद्यते
भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः ।
उभयोरपि दृष्टो ऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥ २-१६॥
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo
vidyate sataḥ
ubhayorapi dṛiṣhṭo ’nta stwanayos tattwa-darśhibhiḥ
(2.16)
நாஸதோ1 வித்3யதே1 பா4வோ
நாபா4வோ வித்3யதே1 ஸத1: |
உப4யோரபி1 த்3ருஷ்டோ1ன்த1ஸ்த்1வனயோஸ்த1த்1வத3ர்ஶிபி4:
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16. The unreal hath no being; there
is no non-being of the Real; the truth about both has been seen by the knowers
of the Truth (or the seers of the Essence).
Commentary:
The
changeless, homogeneous Atman or the Self always exists. It is the only solid Reality. This phenomenal world of names and forms is
ever changing. Hence it is unreal. The
sage or the Jivanmukta is fully aware
that the Self always exists and that this world is like a mirage. Through his Jnanachakshus or the eye of intuition, he directly cognizes the
Self. This world vanishes for him like
the snake in the rope, after it has been seen that only the rope exists. He rejects the names and forms and takes the
underlying Essence in all the names and forms, viz, Asti-Bhati-Priya or Satchidananda
or Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute.
Hence he is a Tattvadarshi or
a knower of the Truth or the Essence.
What is changing must be unreal. What is constant or permanent must always be
real.
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