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SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA : SWAMI SIVANANDA -2.

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25/04/2019 Chapter II Sankhya Yoga II.1 This is Jnana Yoga or Vedanta which bespeaks of the Immortality of the Soul. Lord Krishna said to Arjuna : ā€œWake up from the slumber of ignorance. This body and the world are indwelt by the Imperishable Atman, Brahman or the Soul. None can cause the destruction of Thatā€”the Imperishable. This Atman is not born nor does It ever die. It is unborn, eternal, changeless, ancient and inexhaustible. It is not killed when the body is killed" (20). "It slays not, nor is It slain. Just as a man casts off worn out clothes and puts on new ones, so also the embodied Self casts off worn out bodies and enters others which are new (22). "Weapons cut It not, fire burns It not, water wets It not, wind dries It not" (23). "This Self is unmanifested, unthinkable and unchangeable" (24). II.2 ā€œO Arjuna! do your duty. It is the duty of a Kshatriya to fight. There is nothing higher for a Kshatriya than a righteous war...