Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God - Chapter-2.28: Swami Mukundananda.

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Thursday 29, Feb 2024. 06:50.

Chapter 2: Sankhya Yogam

The Yogam of Analytical Knowledge

Slogam-28.

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Slogam-28.

"Avyaktadini bhutani vyakta-madhyani bharata

avyakta-nidhananyeva tatra ka paridevana."

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"Avyakta-adini—unmanifest before birth; 

bhutani—created beings; 

vyakta—manifest; 

madhyani—in the middle; 

bharata—Arjuna, scion of Bharat; 

avyakta—unmanifest; 

nidhanani—on death;

 eva—indeed; 

tatra—therefore; 

ka—why; 

paridevana—grieve."

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Translation:

BG 2.28: 

"O scion of Bharat, all created beings are unmanifest before birth, manifest in life, and again unmanifest on death. So why grieve?"

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Commentary:

Shree Krishna dispelled the cause of lamentation in respect to the soul in slogam 2.20, and in respect to the body in slogam 2.27. Now he includes both in this  slogam. Sage Narad instructed Yudhishthir along similar lines, in Srimad Bhagavatam:

yan manyase dhruvam lokam adhruvam va na chobhayam

sarvatha na hi shochyas te snehad anyatra mohajat (1.13.44) [Slogam-31]

“Whether you consider the personality to be an eternal soul or to be a temporary body, or even if you accept it as an inconceivable mixture of soul and body, you should not lament in any way. The cause for lamentation is only attachment that arises out of illusion.”


In the material realm, each individual soul is bound by three bodies—gross body, subtle body, causal body.

1.Gross body: Consists of the five gross elements of nature—earth, water, fire, air, and space..

2.Subtle body: Consists of eighteen elements—five life-airs, five working senses, five knowledge senses, mind, intellect, and ego.

3.Causal body: Consists of the account of karmas from endless past lives, including the sanskārs (tendencies) carried forward from previous lives.

At the time of death, the soul discards its gross body, and departs with the subtle and causal bodies. God again gives the soul another gross body according to its subtle and causal bodies, and sends the soul into a suitable mother’s womb for the purpose. After the soul gives up one gross body, there is a transitional phase before it receives a new gross body. This could be a few seconds in duration or a few years long. So before birth, the soul existed with the unmanifest subtle and causal bodies. After death, it still exists in the unmanifest state. It only becomes manifest in the middle. So death is no reason for grief.

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