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Bhagavad Gita · 2.39 · Transcendental Knowledge·39 of 72

एषा तेऽभिहिता सांख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां श्रृणुबुद्ध्यायुक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि

eṣhā te ’bhihitā sānkhye buddhir yoge tvimāṁ śhṛiṇu

buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karma-bandhaṁ prahāsyasi

Sanskrit recitation

A clearer mind for action · 2.39–2.46 · Teaching

Translation

This, which has been taught to you, is wisdom concerning Sankhya. Now listen to wisdom concerning Yoga, endowed with which, O Arjuna, you shall cast off the bonds of action.

Meaning

Lord Krishna taught Jnana (knowledge) to Arjuna till now. (Sankhya Yoga is the path of Vedanta or Jnana Yoga, which treats of the nature of the Atman or the Self and the methods to attain Selfrealisation. It is not the Sankhya philosophy of sage Kapila.) He is now giving to teach Arjuna the technie or secret of Karma Yoga endowed with which he (or anybody else) can break through the bonds of Karma. The Karma Yogi should perform work without expectation of fruits of his actions, without the idea of agency (or the notin I do this), without attachment, after annihilating or going beyond all the pairs of opposites such as heat and cold, gain and loss, victoyr and defeat, etc. Dharma and Adharma, or merit and demerit will not touch that Karma Yogi who works without attachment and egoism. The Karma Yogi consecrates all his works and their fruits as offerings unto the Lord (Isvararpanam) and thus obtains the grace of the Lord (Isvaraprasada).

After Swami Sivananda

A clearer mind for action· 2.39–2.46

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
te
to you
tu
indeed
imām
this
yayā
by which
eṣhā
hitherto
pārtha
Arjun, the son of Pritha
buddhyā
by understanding
sānkhye
by analytical knowledge
yuktaḥ
united
abhihitā
explained
prahāsyasi
you shall be released from
śhṛiṇu
listen
karma-bandham
bondage of karma
buddhiḥ yoge
by the yog of intellect

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