Bhagvad Gita Rahasya or Karmayoga Shastra VOL 02

SR No.: 011090
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bhalchandra S Sukhtankar
Publisher: R B Tilak Puna
Publication Year: 1936
Total Pages: 767
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 74 MB

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अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् । विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति ॥१७॥ अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः। अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत ॥१८॥ य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् ।
उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते ॥१९॥ (17) Know that That (fundamental Ātman-formed Brahman) Which has pervaded or occupied this whole (world) is indestructible. The destruction of this Inexhaustible (Principle), none can bring about.
[This is the description of what has been referred to as 'sat' in the last stanza. Now, the Blessed Lord says, that the Ātman, which is the Owner of the Body, falls into this category of the Permanent, and He goes on to explain what
is to be called 'Non-permanent' or 'asat :-) (18) These bodies acquired by the eternal, indestructible, and unimaginable Owner of the Body (Atman) are said to be perishable, (that is non-eternal). Therefore, fight ! O Bhārata !
[ In short, if one thus discriminates between what is eternal and what non-eternal, the idea that 'I am killing a particular person' is proved to be false; and the reason given by Arjuna for not fighting falls to the ground. This
conclusion is now made more clear) (19) He who thinks that It (the Owner of the Body or the Ātman) is the killer, or, who thinks that it is slain, both these do not possess true Knowledge ; (because) this (Ātman) does not kill, and is not killed.
[Because, the Ātman is permanent and itself a Non-Doer, and the whole activity is of Prakrti. This and the next stanza appear in the Kathopanisad (Katha. 2. 18, 19). It is also stated in several places in the Mahābhārata that everything is swallowed up by 'kala' (Time, or Death); and that 'kills' or 'is killed' are worldly names for this pastime of Death (Śān. 25. 15). The Blessed Lord has again explained to Arjuna later on (11.33) this very