Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 128

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 2 Curiosity About Action अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसेमृतम्। तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि॥26॥ [ “You ought not to grieve, O the mighty-armed, even if you think of him (the Self) as ever-born and ever-dying.’’ ] Arjun ought not to mourn even if he regards the Self as constantly born and constantly dying. जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च। तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥27॥ [ “Since this also proves the certain death of what is born and the certain birth of what dies, you ought not to grieve over the inevitable.’’ ] Even the assumption that the Self is ever-born and ever-dying only goes to establish that the born must die and the dead must be born. So Arjun ought not to grieve over what must be, for sorrowing over something which is inevitable is inviting yet another sorrow.