śrī-bhagavān-uvācha:
aśhochyān-anvaśhochas-tvaṁ
prajñā-vādāṁś-cha bhāṣhase
gatāsūn-agatāsūṁśh-cha
nānuśhocanti paṇḍitāḥ
Meaning of Bhagavad gita Chapter 2, Verse 11
Sri Bhagavan said: Arjuna, though you speak like the learned, you grieve over those who should not be grieved for. Wise men do not sorrow over the dead or the living.
na tvevāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ
na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ
na chaiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ
sarve vayamataḥ param
Meaning of Bhagavad gita Chapter 2, Verse 12
There has never been a time I did not exist. Likewise, you and all the kings you see have always existed. We will never cease to exist.
dehino-smin-yathā dehe
kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
tathā dehāntara-prāptir
dhīras-tatra na muhyati
Meaning of Bhagavad gita Chapter 2, Verse 13
Just as the embodied soul passes from childhood to adulthood and then to old age, it enters another body after death. A balanced person will not be afraid of this evolution.
mātrā-sparśhās-tu kaunteya
śīthoṣhaṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ
āgamāpāyino-nityās
tāṁs-titikṣhasva bhārata
Meaning of Bhagavad gita Chapter 2, Verse 14
O son of Kunti, the passage of temporary pleasures and pains are like the transition of seasons like winter and summer. O Bharata, one should learn to endure them without becoming disturbed.
Comment :
Here, Krishna is trying to explain to Arjuna, the truth beyond these worlds and its pleasures. It is a truth focused on ones duties rather than worldly attachments and pleasures. He mentions that the soul, being different from the body it is embodied in, just has a pass through effect. As a result, no one actually dies or is getting killed by the other. The pain and pleasures are only for the body and as a result it isn't permanent but at the same time keeps on transiting just like the seasons that pass. One should not be afraid of it and should not get distracted by it.
This advice is applicable for every one of us. We face many happiness and sadness in our life. These emotions should just be considered similar to passage of seasons and we shouldn't be too much attached to both. A very high attachment to happiness can result in a high level of hope for the future results, which might end up in despair. In the same manner, a very high attachment to sadness can also result in a depressed state of mind and isolation. Both of these states are considered as traits of the weak and hence, should be set aside by the intelligent.
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