The Yoga of Knowledge

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Sañjaya uvācaसञ्जय उवाच

1. 2·10, a key verseतमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत । सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः ॥ १० ॥tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasanniva bhārata, senayorubhayormadhye viṣīdantamidaṁ vacaḥ.To him thus depressed and discouraged, Hrishikesha, smiling as it were, O Bharata, spoke these words between…

Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

1. 2·11अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे । गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥ ११ ॥aśocyānanvaśocastvaṁ prajñāvādāṁśca bhāṣase, gatāsūnagatāsūṁśca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ.Thou grievest for those that should not be grieved for, yet speakest words of wisdom.
2. 2·12न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः । न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् ॥ १२ ॥natvevāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ, na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param.It is not true that at any time I was not, nor thou, nor these kings of men…
3. 2·13देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा । तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥ १३ ॥dehino’sminyathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā, tathā dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra na muhyati.As the soul passes physically through childhood and youth and age, so it passes on to the changing of the body.
4. 2·14मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः । आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥ १४ ॥mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śīt’oṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ, āgam’āpāyino’nityāstāṁstitikṣasva bhārata.The material touches, O son of Kunti, giving cold and heat, pleasure and pain, things transient which come and…
5. 2·15यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ । समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥ १५ ॥yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣaṁ puruṣ’arṣabha, samaduḥkhasukhaṁ dhīraṁ so’mṛtatvāya kalpate.The man whom these do not trouble nor pain, O lionhearted among men, the firm and wise who is equal in…
6. 2·16नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः । उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥ १६ ॥nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ, ubhayorapi dṛṣṭo’ntastvanayostattvadarśibhiḥ.That which really is, cannot go out of existence, just as that which is non-existent cannot come into being.
7. 2·17अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् । विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति ॥ १७ ॥avināśi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidaṁ tatam, vināśamavyayasyāsya na kaścitkartumarhati.Know that to be imperishable by which all this is extended. Who can slay the immortal spirit?
8. 2·18अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः । अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत ॥ १८ ॥antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ, anāśino’prameyasya tasmādyudhyasva bhārata.Finite bodies have an end, but that which possesses and uses the body, is infinite, illimitable, eternal…
9. 2·19य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते ॥ १९ ॥ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaścainaṁ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate.He who regards this (the soul) as a slayer, and he who thinks it is slain, both of them fail to perceive the…
10. 2·20, a key verseन जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन् नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः । अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥ २० ॥na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ, ajo nityaḥ śāśvato’yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre.This is not born, nor does it die, nor is it a thing that comes into being once and passing away will never…
11. 2·21वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् । कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥ २१ ॥vedāvināśinaṁ nityaṁ ya enamajamavyayam, kathaṁ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam.He who knows it as immortal eternal imperishable spiritual existence, how can that man slay, O Partha, or…
12. 2·22वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि । तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णानि अन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥ २२ ॥vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro’parāṇi, tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāni anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī.The embodied soul casts away old and takes up new bodies as a man changes worn-out raiment for new.
13. 2·23नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः । न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ॥ २३ ॥nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ, na cainaṁ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ.Weapons cannot cleave it, nor the fire burn, nor do the waters drench it, nor the wind dry.
14. 2·24अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च । नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥ २४ ॥acchedyo’yamadāhyo’yamakledyo’śoṣya eva ca, nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo’yaṁ sanātanaḥ.It is uncleavable, it is incombustible, it can neither be drenched nor dried.
15. 2·25अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते । तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २५ ॥avyakto’yamacintyo’yamavikāryo’yamucyate, tasmādevaṁ viditvainaṁ nānuśocitumarhasi.It is unmanifest, it is unthinkable, it is immutable, so it is described (by the Shrutis)…
16. 2·26अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् । तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २६ ॥atha cainaṁ nityajātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛtam, tathāpi tvaṁ mahābāho naivaṁ śocitumarhasi.Even if thou thinkest of it (the self) as being constantly subject to birth and death, still, O mighty-armed…
17. 2·27जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च । तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २७ ॥jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca, tasmādaparihārye’rthe na tvaṁ śocitumarhasi.For certain is death for the born, and certain is birth for the dead…
18. 2·28अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत । अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ॥ २८ ॥avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata, avyaktanidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā.Beings are unmanifest in the beginning, manifest in the middle, O Bharata, unmanifest likewise are they in…
19. 2·29आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेनम् आश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः । आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाऽप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ॥ २९ ॥āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidenam āścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ, āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvā’pyenaṁ veda na caiva kaścit.One sees it as a mystery or one speaks of it or hears of it as a mystery, but none knows it.
20. 2·30देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत । तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ ३० ॥dehī nityamavadhyo’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata, tasmātsarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṁ śocitumarhasi.This dweller in the body of everyone is eternal and indestructible, O Bharata…