Bhagavad Gita · Sankhya Yoga — The Yoga of Knowledge

Chapter 2, Verse 72

"Bhagavad Gita 2.72" — meaning and explanation.

Meaning

2.72 This is the Brahmic seat (eternal state), O son of Pritha. Attaining to this, none is deluded. Being established therein, even at the end of life, one attains to oneness with Brahman.

।।2.72।। हे पार्थ यह ब्राह्मी स्थिति है। इसे प्राप्त कर पुरुष मोहित नहीं होता। अन्तकाल में भी इस निष्ठा में स्थित होकर ब्रह्मनिर्वाण (ब्रह्म के साथ एकत्व) को प्राप्त होता है।।

Explanation

2.72 एषा this? ब्राह्मी of Brahmic? स्थितिः state? पार्थ O Partha? न not? एनाम् this? प्राप्य having obtained? विमुह्यति is deluded? स्थित्वा being established? अस्याम् in this? अन्तकाले at the end of life? अपि even? ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम् oneness with Brahman? ऋच्छति attains.Commentary The state described in the previous verse -- to renounce everything and to live in Brahman -- is the Brahmic state or the state of Brahman. If one attains to this state one is never deluded. He attains Moksha if he stays in that state even at the hour of his death. It is needless to say that he who gets establised in Brahman throughout his life attains to the state of Brahman or,BrahmaNirvana (Cf.VIII.5?6).Maharshi Vidyaranya says in his Panchadasi that Antakala here means the moment at which Avidya or mutual superimposition of the Self and the notSelf ends.Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita? the science of the Eternal? the scripture of Yoga? the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna? ends the second discourse entitledThe Sankhya Yoga.,

Life Lesson

Study Bhagavad Gita 2.72 slowly, then express its central teaching through one thoughtful action in daily life.

Context

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, verse 72, from Krishna's dialogue with Arjuna at Kurukshetra.

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