Simple explanation, in English of selected verses from Chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita.

1. Gems ofBhagavad Gita
T. K. G. NAMBOODHIRI
THIRUVALLA, KERALA
INDIA

2. BHAGAVAD GITA – THE DIVINE
SONG-An Introduction
 Bhagavad Gita-Part of the
Sanskrit Epic
Mahabhaaratha.(200 BC to
200 AD)
 700 verses in 18 chapters.
 A conversation between Lord
Krishna and his close friend
Arjuna in the middle of the
battlefield just before the
start of the Kurukshetra
battle.
 Arjuna loses his heart and
refuses to fight his teachers
and relatives, and Krishna
revives him by his wise
words of wisdom.
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3. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
CHAPTER 2
THE SAAMKHYA YOGA
THE YOGA OF KNOWLEDGE
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4. Gems
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Bhagavad Gita
YUM HI NA VYTHAYANTHYETHE’ PURUSHAM
PURUSHARSHABHAH, SAMADUKHASUKHAM
DHEERAM SO AMRUTHATHWAYA KALPATHE’. (2-15)
Strong & wise men, to whom pain and
pleasure are alike, and who is not
tormented by them, become eligible for
immortality.
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5. Gems
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Bhagavad Gita
NA SATHO VIDYATHE’ BHAVO NA BHAVO VIDYATHE’
SATHAH, UBHAYORAPI DRISTO
ANTHASTHWANAYOSTHATHWA DARSIBHIH.-(2-16)
The unreal has no existence , and the
real never ceases to exist. The truth
about both these has been perceived
by the seers of Reality.
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Bhagavad Gita
NA JAYATHE’ MRIYATHE’ VA KADAAPI NAYAM
BHUTHWA BHAVITHA VA NA BHUYAH, AJO NITHYAH
SAASWATHO AYAM PURAANO NA HANYATHE’
HANYAMAANE’ SAREERE’.- (2-20)
The Soul is neither ever born nor It ever dies.
Having been born, It never ceases to be.
Unborn, eternal & everlasting, this ancient One
is not slain when the body is slain
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7. Gems
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Bhagavad Gita
VASAMSI JEERNANI YATHA VIHAYA NAVANI
GRIHNATHI NARO APARANI, THATHA SAREERANI
VIHAYA JEERNA ANYANI SAMYATHI NAVANI
DE’HEEM. (2.22)
Just like we discard old clothes and wear
new ones, the soul discards the old body
(at death) and takes a new one.
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8. Gems
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Bhagavad Gita
ACHCHE’DYO AYAM ADAHYO AYAM AKLE’’DYO
ASOSHYA EVA CHA, NITHYA SARVAGATHAH
STHAANURACHALO AYAM SANAATHANA.- (2-24)
The Soul cannot be cut, burnt, wetted or
dried. It is eternal, omnipresent,
immovable, constant and everlasting.
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9. Gems
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Bhagavad Gita
JAATHASYA HI DHRUVO MRITHYUR DHRUVAM
JANMA MRITHASYA CHA, THASMAAD APARIHAARYE’
ARTHE’ NA THWAM SOCHITHUM ARHASI.- (2-27)
That which is born will surely die;
similarly, all that die will surely be reborn.
Therefore, as regards this unavoidable
sequence, you ought not to grieve.
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10. Gems
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Bhagavad Gita
DEHEE NITHYAM AVADHYOYAM DEHE’ SARVASYA
BHAARATHA, THASMAATH SARVAANI BHOOTHAANI
NA THWAM SOCHITHUMARHASI. – (2-30)
The Soul (Atma) residing in the bodies of
all beings is eternally indestructible.
Therefore you ought not to grieve for any
being at all.
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11. Gems
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Bhagavad Gita
KARMANYEVADHIKARASTHE’ MA PHALESHU
KADACHANA, MA KARMAPHALAHETHURBHOOR MAA
THE’ SANGO ASTHWAKARMANI.-(2-47)
You have rights only for doing your work,
never for its results. Do not make your work
create bondage & never be inactive.
Do your duty sincerely, and do not worry
about the outcome.
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12. Gems
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Bhagavad Gita
KARMAJAM BUDHIYUKTHA HI PHALAM THYKTHA
MANEESHINAH, JANMABANDHA VINIRMUKTHAH
PADAM GACHANTHYANAMAYAM.- (2-51)
Wise people with intelligence of evenness,
discard, indeed, the fruits of action. They break
the bondage of birth/death and attain the
supreme blissful state.
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13. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
ATMAVASYER VIDHEYATMA PRASADAM
ADHIGACHATHI; PRASADE’ SARVA DUKHANAM
HANIRASYOPAJAYATHE’.- (2-64 & 65)
One whose senses are under control
attains an undisturbed mind; with the
undisturbed mind, all his/her sorrows
disappear.
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14. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
INDRIYANAAM HI CHARATHAAM YANMANO
ANUVIDHEEYATHE’, THADASYA HARATHI PRAJNAAM
VAAYURNNAAVAMIVAAMBHASI. (2-67):-
One whose mind is immersed in sensual
pleasures loses his discrimination, just
like strong winds sweep a sail-boat off its
course at sea.
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