February28 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 2; Verses 2.71-2.72 (Day 59) Sankhya Yoga

 February 28 – Day 59

Verse 2.71-2.72

विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः ।

निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥ २-७१॥ 

vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumānśh charati niḥspṛihaḥ
nirmamo nirahankāraḥ sa śhāntim adhigachchhati (2.71) 

விஹாய கா¹மான்ய: ஸர்வான்பு¹மாம்ஶ்ச¹ரதி¹ நிஸ்ப்¹ருஹ: |
நிர்மமோ நிரஹங்கா¹ர: ஸ ஶான்தி¹மதி⁴கச்¹ச²தி¹ ||71|| 

71. The man attains peace, who, abandoning all desires, moves about without longing, without the sense of mine and without egoism. 

Commentary: That man who lives destitute of longing, abandoning all desires, without the senses of ‘I’ and ‘mine’, who is satisfied with the bare necessities of life, who does not care or has no attachment even for those bare necessities of life, attains Moksha or eternal peace. (Cf. 2:55) 

एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति ।

स्थित्वास्यामन्तकाले ऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥ २-७२॥ 

eṣhā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati
sthitwāsyām anta-kāle ’pi brahma-nirvāṇam ṛichchhati (2.72) 

ஏஷா ப்³ராஹ்மீ ஸ்தி²தி¹: பா¹ர்த² நைனாம் ப்¹ராப்¹ய விமுஹ்யதி¹ |
ஸ்தி²த்¹வாஸ்யாமன்த¹கா¹லே‌பி¹ ப்³ரஹ்மனிர்வாணம்ருச்¹ச²தி¹ ||72|| 

72. This is the Brahmic seat (eternal state), O son of Pritha! Attaining to this, none is deluded. Being established therein, even at the end of life one attains to oneness with Brahman.

Commentary: The state described in the previous verse – to renounce everything and to live in Brahman – is the Brahmic state or the state of Brahman.  If one attains to this state one is never deluded.  He attains Moksha if he stays in that state even at the hour of his death.  It is needless to say that he who gets established in Brahman throughout his life attains to the state of Brahman or Brahma-Nirvana. (Cf. 8:5, 6) 

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु

ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे

साङ्ख्ययोगो नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः 

Hari Om Tat Sat

Iti Srimad Bhagavadgītāsūpanishatsu

Brahmavidyāyām Yogashāstre Sri Krishnājunasamvāde
Sānkhyayogo Nāma Dvitiyo’dhyāyah. 

Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the second discourse entitled:

“The Sankhya Yoga”