Verse-12
Chapter 2 — Sānkhya Yog
Verse 12
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
na tvevāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ
na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param
🕉 English Translation
📜 Translation
English
It is not a fact, that at any time I was not, nor these kings, nor is it so that we may cease to exist hereafter.
The sight of the man of knowledge is centred on reality; that is why he is unaffected by the changes in body, world or circumstances of the world. Wherever there is a change, there will be happiness and sorrow. That which is beyond change is also the basis of 'anand' or bliss that is beyond anything. The initial series of the Gita's preachings is in the form of deep thoughts on the topic of discrimination between real and unreal. The discrimination between truth and untruth, sentient–insentient, bondage and liberation and along with it the reality of life, and a unique and real description of a fearless and carefree life is contained under this section! Do not limit Vedanta to just oral processes; make it a basis for the experience of the Truth-principle. Bring the essence of Vedanta into your life. Do not keep oranges just for show; experience the taste of their juice. Do not limit Vedanta to discussion, reading and teaching and listening; avail of the divine bliss innate in it. This section of the Gita is full of such practical divine inspiration.
Knowledge and dispassion are not very complicated, difficult, and inaccessible states nor are they impractical. Understand the real state and that is what knowledge and dispassion is. What is insentient and what is sentient? What is Truth and what is Untruth? What is the cause of bondage and sorrow and what is the basis of bliss? Distinguish between these. Water and milk on being mixed become the one hans! (swan). Separate and accept the milk from the mixture of milk and water. Insentient and sentient, Truth and Untruth are mutually mingled in such way that the world has been constructed.