Bhagavad Gita · Sankhya Yoga — The Yoga of Knowledge

Chapter 2, Verse 15

"Bhagavad Gita 2.15" — meaning and explanation.

Meaning

2.15 That firm man whom, surely, these afflict not, O chief among men, to whom pleasure and pain are the same, is fit for attaining immortality.

।।2.15।। हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ ! दुख और सुख में समान भाव से रहने वाले जिस धीर पुरुष को ये व्यथित नहीं कर सकते हैं वह अमृतत्व (मोक्ष) का अधिकारी होता है।।

Explanation

2.15 यम् whom? हि surely? न व्यथयन्ति afflict not? एते these? पुरुषम् man? पुरुषर्षभ chief among men? समदुःखसुखम् same in pleasure and pain? धीरम् firm man? सः he? अमृतत्वाय for immortality? कल्पते is fit.Commentary -- Dehadhyasa or identification of the Self with the body is the cause of pleasure and pain. The more you are able to identify yourself with the immortal? allpervading Self? the less will you be affected by the pairs of opposites (Dvandvas? pleasure and pain? etc.)Titiksha or the power of endurance develops the willpower. Calm endurance in pleasure and pain? and heat and cold is one of the alifications of an aspirant on the path of Jnana Yoga. It is one of the Shatsampat or sixfold virtues. It is a condition of right knowledge. Titiksha by itself cannot give you Moksha or liberation? but still? when coupled with discrimination and dispassion? it becomes a means to the attainment of Immortality or knowledge of the Self. (Cf.XVII.53)

Life Lesson

Study Bhagavad Gita 2.15 slowly, then express its central teaching through one thoughtful action in daily life.

Context

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, verse 15, from Krishna's dialogue with Arjuna at Kurukshetra.

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