January31 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 2; Verses 2.28 (Day 31) Sankhya Yoga
January 31 – Chapter 2;
Verse 28
Day 31 [2.28]
अव्यक्तादीनि
भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत ।
अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ॥ २-२८॥
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta
madhyāni bhārata
avyakta nidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā (2.28)
அவ்யக்1தா1தீ3னி பூ4தா1னி
வ்யக்1த1மத்4யானி பா4ரத1 |
அவ்யக்1த1னித4னான்யேவ த1த்1ர
கா1 ப1ரிதே3வனா ||28 ||
28. Beings are unmanifested in their beginning, manifested in their middle state, O Arjuna, and unmanifested again in their end! What is there to grieve about?
Commentary: The physical body
is a combination of the five elements. It is perceived by the physical eye only
after the five elements have entered into such combination. After death the
body disintegrates and all the five elements return to their source. The body
cannot be perceived now. It can be perceived only in the middle state. The
relationship as son, friend, teacher, father, mother, wife, brother and sister
is formed through the body on account of attachment and Moha (delusion). Just as planks unite and separate in a river,
just as pilgrims unite and separate in a public inn, so also fathers, mothers,
sons and brothers unite and separate in this world. This world is a very big public inn. People unite and separate.
There is no pot in the beginning and in the end. Even if you see the pot in the middle, you should think and feel that it is illusory and does not really exist. So also there is no body in the beginning and in the end. That which does not exist in the beginning and in the end must be illusory in the middle also. You must think and feel that the body does not really exist in the middle as well.
He who understands the nature of the body and all human relationships based upon it, will not grieve.
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