Chapter 14 · Verse 2

Yoga through Understanding the Three Modes of Material Nature

इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः।सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च

idaṁ jñānam upāśhritya mama sādharmyam āgatāḥ sarge ’pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti cha

Word Meanings

idam — this; jñānam — wisdom; upāśhritya — take refuge in; mama — mine; sādharmyam — of similar nature; āgatāḥ — having attained; sarge — at the time of creation; api — even; na — not; upajāyante — are born; pralaye — at the time of dissolution; na-vyathanti — they will not experience misery; cha — and

Language:

Translation

Those who take refuge in this knowledge and attain My nature are not born even at the time of creation, nor do they suffer at the time of dissolution.

Commentary

इदम् this? ज्ञानम् knowledge? उपाश्रित्य having taken refuge in? मम My? साधर्म्यम् unity? आगताः have attained to? सर्गे at the time of creation? अपि also? न not? उपजायन्ते are born? प्रलये at the time of dissolution? न not? व्यथन्ति are (they) disturbed? च and.Commentary Having resorted to this knowledge they (the sages) are assimilated into My own nature. They have attained to My Being. They have become identical with Me. They live in Me with no thought of thou or I. They go beyond birth and death. There is no birth for them when creation begins and there is no death for them at the time of dissolution. Having reached Me they attain eternity? immortality and perfection. Having become identical with Me through the attainment of the knowledge of the Self by practising the necessary means? they are neither born at the time of creation nor are they disited at the time of dissolution. Knowledge of the Self is eulogised by the Lord in this verse.