Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 108

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 2 Curiosity About Action यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ। समदु:खसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्त्वाय कल्पते॥15॥ [ “So, O the noblest of men (Arjun), one who is possessed of equanimity in pain and pleasure, and firm, and untormented by these (feelings produced by the meeting of senses with their objects), deserves (to taste) the nectar of immortality.’’ ] The steadfast man, who regards sorrow and happiness with equipoise and is not troubled by his senses and their association with objects, is worthy of the state of immortality that realization of the Supreme Spirit brings. Here Krishn refers to an attainment, namely amrit, literally the drink of immortality. Arjun had thought that in return for the war he would be rewarded with either a heavenly abode or the authority to rule over the earth. But now Krishn tells him that his prize will be amrit rather than the pleasures of heaven or earthly power. What is this amrit?