Bhagavad Gita -Madhvacharya 51

Bhagavad Gita -Sri Madhvacharya

(Bhashya and Tatparya Nirnaya)

Chapter 2 Sankhya Yoga 31 - 39. Reflecting on your own Dharma also you do not deserve to falter. Apart from our righteous duty and a righteous battle, nothing else is seen as propitious for a warrior. Without your own desire (but by the grace of the Lord) has this war come to you, which is open door to the very heavens. Happy are those warriors, O Arjuna, for whom such war comes. But if you do not fight such righteous battle, then shorn of one's righteous duty and glory you will incur de-merit.. Ill-fame will be spoken about you by people for all time. For one who is honoured, ill-fame is worse than death.. By fright have you abandoned the battle, thus will the great warriors speak. Further, by whom you were greatly respected, they will treat you as low.Many unpleasant words will be spoken against you, slandering your valour. What more painful would there be than this? Slain, you will gain the heavens; if triumphant, you will enjoy the world. Therefore, arise, O Arjuna, having determined" for the battle.. Treating both pleasure and pain alike, and also gain and loss, success and failure, prepare (yourself) for the battle. Then you will not incur any demerit. This is the instruction according to (the wisdom of) Sankhya. Now listen to this Yoga (equanimity) with (keen) intelligence.' If you accept it, associated with intellect, then you shall shatter the shackles of Actions. Bhashya :- सांख्य means wisdom. Thus in Vyasasmriti by the Lord having been said that knowledge of the Pure Self is saankhya. योग is उपाय,, the procedure for experiencing communion which the wise men have made the propriety known, thus in Bhagavat Puraana. Other than these nothing else has been referred to as science of Sankhya or science of Yoga (equanimity). In other contexts, the word 'karmayoga' (equanimity in performance of action) has been used.