Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita- Discourse 3.12. Continued to Discourse 4.1- Swami Krishnananda
Tuesday, June 09, 2020. Discourse 3: The Second Chapter Begins – Sankhya Yogam -12. “I have told you Sankhya, now I shall tell you yoga,” replies Sri Krishna. E?a te’bhihita sa?khye buddhir yoge tvima? s??u (2.39): “All that I have been telling you up to this time is the wisdom of the Sankhya, which is the knowledge of the structure of the universe as it is in itself, including you. Now I shall tell you how to live in this world—how to live in this kind of world in which you are also involved—and how to act in an impersonal manner, and not in a personal manner.” That is the yoga of action, which Sri Krishna subsequently gives. Discourse 4: The Second Chapter Continues – How to Live in the World Sankhya also implies the knowledge of the immortality of the soul. At the very beginning of Sri Krishna’s instructions in the Second Chapter of the Bhagavadgita, emphasis is laid on the eternity of the soul. Deathless, immutable is the Atman: avināśi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tat...