January26 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 2; Verses 2.19-2.20 (Day 26) Sankhya Yoga
January 26 – Chapter 2;
Verses 19-20
Day 26 [2.19-2.20]
य एनं वेत्ति
हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् ।
उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते ॥ २-१९॥
ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaśhchainaṁ manyate hatam
ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate (2.19)
ய ஏனம் வேத்1தி1 ஹன்தா1ரம் யஶ்சை1னம்
மன்யதே1 ஹத1ம் |
உபௌ4 தௌ1 ந விஜானீதோ1 நாயம் ஹன்தி1 ந
ஹன்யதே1 ||2.19||
19.
He who takes the Self to be the slayer and he who thinks He is slain, neither
of them knows; He slays not nor is He slain.
Commentary: The Self is
non-doer (Akarta) and as It is immutable, It is neither the agent nor the
object of the act of slaying. He who
thinks “I slay” or “I am slain” with the body or the Ahamkara (ego), he does
not really comprehend the true nature of the Self. The Self is indestructible. It exists in the three periods of time. It is Sat (Existence). When the body is destroyed, the Self is not
destroyed. The body has to undergo
change in any case. It is inevitable. But the Self is not at all affected by
it. Verses 19, 20, 21, 23 and 24 speak
of the immortality of the Self or Atman. [Cf.
18.17]
न जायते
म्रियते वा कदा चिन्
नायं भूत्वा
भविता वा न भूयः ।
अजो नित्यः
शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो
न हन्यते
हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥ २-२०॥
na jāyate mriyate vā kadāchin
nāyaṁ bhūtwā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ
ajo nityaḥ śhāśhwato ’yaṁ purāṇo
na hanyate hanyamāne śharīre (2.20)
ந ஜாயதே1 ம்ரியதே1 வா க1தா3சி1ந்
நாயம் பூ4த்1வா ப4விதா1 வா
பூ4ய: |
அஜோ நித்1ய:ஶாஶ்வதோ1யம் பு1ராணோ
ந ஹன்யதே1 ஹன்யமானே ஶரீரே ||2.20||
20. He is not born nor does He ever die; after having been, He again ceases not to be. Unborn, eternal, changeless and ancient, He is not killed when the body is killed.
Commentary: This Self (Atman) is destitute of the six types of transformation or Bhava-Vikaras such as birth, existence, growth, transformation, decline and death. As It is indivisible (Akhanda). It does not diminish in size. It neither grows nor does It decline. It is ever the same. Birth and death are for the physical body only. Birth and death cannot touch the immortal, all-pervading Self.
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