January27 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 2; Verses 2.21 (Day 27) Sankhya Yoga
January 27 – Chapter 2;
Verse 21
Day 27 [2.21]
वेदाविनाशिनं
नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् ।
कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥ २-२१॥
vedāvināśhinaṁ nityaṁ ya enamajam avyayam
kathaṁ sa puruṣhaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam (2.21)
வேதா3வினாஶினம் நித்1யம் ய ஏனமஜமவ்யயம் |
க1த2ம் ஸ பு1ருஷ: பா1ர்த2 க1ம்
கா4த1யதி1 ஹன்தி1 க1ம்
||2.21||
21. Whosoever knows Him to be indestructible, eternal, unborn and inexhaustible, how can that man slay, O Arjuna, or cause to be slain?
Commentary: The enlightened sage who knows the immutable and indestructible Self through direct cognition or spiritual Anubhava (experience) cannot do the act of slaying. He cannot cause another to slay also.
Commentary by Swami Venkatesananda: Daily
we are aware of three states of consciousness.
In deep sleep, there is no diversity.
In dream state, one (the mind) creates an illusion of diversity in
itself! In the waking state, there is an apparent diversity: apparent because
it is based on primordial ignorance, and it will not stand investigation. These three states are experienced by the
single ego, but the laws governing them are different. You cannot prosecute a man for killing another
in a dream! Nor can he ignore a wall because he did not see it in his sleep.
The same argument applies to the different
states of spiritual awakening, too. It
is true that ultimately God alone exists and that he is eternal and
immortal. But, in the state in which
Arjuna found himself, he could not ask Krishna the very pertinent question: “If
all these heroes are essentially indestructible, why do you ask me to kill
them?” He had not transcended the gross state of experience of the physical
world and had to play the game in accordance with the laws that governed that
state. Here we have a strange paradox.
The battle of life has to be fought in the world which we should investigate
all the time and realize that it is the effect of our own ignorance. Failure to fight the battle of life in this
spirit will sanction ignorance and seal the door through which we should rise
into the higher states of consciousness.
This is the extremely delicate art of living: to play our part in this world as though it were a reality and yet never to forget the ultimate reality which appears, through mistaken perception, as the world.
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