Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God - Chapter-2.48: Swami Mukundananda.

Chinmaya Mission :

A book release event of 'Shrimad Bhagavata' translation in Nepali was organized by Chinmaya Mission Sikkim on 9th of Dec.

The event was graced by Br. Divakar Chaitanya's The Talk on 'Art of Peace.'

It was held in the presence of Swami Pradhymna Shrestha, Padma Shree Sanu Lama, Nepali Sahitya Bhagwan president Rudra Poudyal and Chief information commissioner C.P Dhakal along with more than 100 devotees.

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Wednesday 19, June 2024. 06:40.
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yogam
The Yogam of Analytical Knowledge

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Slogam - 48:

"Yoga-sthah kuru karmani sangam tyaktva dhananjaya

siddhy-asiddhyoh samo bhutva samatvam yoga uchyate."

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yoga-shah—being steadfast in yog; 

kuru—perform; 

kamani—duties; 

Sangam—attachment; 

tyaktva—having abandoned; 

Dhananjaya—Arjuna; 

siddhi-asiddhyoh—in success and failure; 

samah—equipoised; 

bhutva—becoming; 

samatvam—equanimity; 

yogah—Yogam; 

uchyate—is called.

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Translation:

BG 2.48: 

"Be steadfast in the performance of your duty, O Arjuna, abandoning attachment to success and failure. Such equanimity is called Yogam."

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Commentary:

The equanimity that enables us to accept all circumstances with serenity is so praiseworthy that Shree Krishna calls it Yog, or union with the Supreme. This equipoise comes from implementing the knowledge of the previous verse. When we understand that the effort is in our hands, not the results, we then concern ourselves only with doing our duty. The results are for the pleasure of God, and so we dedicate them to him. Now, if the results are not to our expectations, we calmly accept them as the will of God. In this way, we are able to accept fame and infamy, success and failure, pleasure and pain, as God’s will, and when we learn to embrace both equally, we develop the equanimity that Shree Krishna talks about.

The slogam is a very practical solution to the vicissitudes of life. If we are sailing in the ocean in a boat, it is natural to expect the waves of the ocean to shake the boat. If we get disturbed each time a wave rocks the boat, our miseries would be endless. And if we do not expect the waves to arise, we would be expecting the ocean to become something other than its natural self. Waves are an inseparable phenomenon of the ocean. Similarly, as we wade through the ocean of life, it throws up all kinds of waves that are beyond our control. If we keep struggling to eliminate negative situations, we will be unable to avoid unhappiness. But if we can learn to accept everything that comes our way, without sacrificing our best efforts, we will have surrendered to the will of God, and that will be true Yogam.

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Continued

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