Gita In Daily Life - Chapter-2 - Part 2 of 4 (Soul, Soul-Body,Body)

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"amba tvAmanusandDAmi bhagavadgItE BhavadvaeShiNeem"

 

namaste all.

 

Lord Krishna, realizing that Arjuna's grief is beyond

mere convincing by arguments, decides to impart the

knowledge of Atma, the relation of it to body(ies),

and the nature of body immediately and

without wasting any time to convince Arjuna,

so that Arjuna can see his role in dharma for himself.

 

a) The very first slOka after 'asOchyA 2:11' is

2:12 'na tvE' on Atma-jnana:

"There never was a time when 'I' nor 'you' nor

any of these kings did not exist, nor in future

will there be any time when they will cease to exist."

 

b) Immediately after comes 2:13 on relation

between soul and body:-

Just like the body associated with self passes thru

childhood, youth, oldage, so does it pass into

another body.

Practical Observation:-

One is not aware of the body passing

thru childhood, youth,oldage. One always remains as

one's awareness while the body takes various changes;

passing eventually to another body with same

awareness, which remains. Ideally, one must not get

deluded by this. Sruti says, this awareness is that

brAhmaN, that is eternal.

'tat vam asi' statement rendered while in dualistic

world, and remaining one in brAhmaN eternally where no

statements are possibly rendered.

 

c) Immediately after comes 2:14 on the nature of

body:-

Contact of senses with their objects gives rise to

pain and pleasure. Lord Krishna asks Arjuna to endure

them- beacuse,

2:15 devoted to the vision of eternal-Self, enduring

all such dualities, one progresses towards mOksa.

2:16 the pain and pleasure dualities in reality never

exist; there are only transformations. The 'real'

never ceases to exist.

What is then the 'real' ?

 

2:17,18: That 'real' is the one that pervades all and

is indestructable and immutable, while the bodies are

mutable.

 

Further elaboration on the same lines,

2:22 vAsAnsi, 2:23 nainam CHindanti...etc until 2:38.

 

until 2:38 : Knowledge of the Nature of Self(sankhya).

2:39 : Start of knowledge of karma-yoga to get

released from the bondage of karma (and not karma).

 

Practical observation:-

2:11 to 2:14 contains the crux.

 

To be continued ....Part-3

 

Love & Regards,

Raghava

 

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