🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 2.27

Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga · "The Yoga of Knowledge" · Verse 27 of 72

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🪷 English Translations

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Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition

2.27 For death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.

Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society

2.27 For certain is death for the born, and certain is birth for the dead; therefore, over the inevitable thou shouldst not grieve.

Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school

2.27 This being so, 'death of anyone born', etc. Hi, for; mrtyuh, death; jatasya, of anyone born; dhruvah, is certain; is without exception; ca, and mrtasya, of the dead; janmah, (re-) birth; is dhruvam, a certainly. Tasmat, therefore, this fact, viz birth and death, is inevitable. With regard to that (fact), apariharye, over an enevitable; arthe, fact; tvam, you; na arhasi, ought not; socitum, to grieve.

Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school

2.27 For what has originated, destruction is certain - it is seen to be inevitable. Similarly what has perished will inevitably originate. How should this be understood - that there is origination for that (entity)which has perished? It is seen that an existing entity only can originate and not a non-existent one. Origination, annihilation etc., are merely particular states of an existent entity. Now thread etc., do really exist. When arranged in a particular way, they are called clothes etc. It is seen that even those who uphold the doctrine that the effect is a new entity (Asatkarya-vadins) will admit this much that no new entity over and above the particular arrangement of threads is seen. It is not tenable to hold that this is the coming into being of a new entity, since, by the process of manufacture there is only attainment of a new name and special functions. No new entity emerges. Origination, annihilation etc., are thus particular stages of an existent entity. With regard to an entity which has entered into a stage known as origination, its entry into the opposite condition is called annihilation. Of an evolving entity, a seqence of evolutionary stages is inevitable. For instance, clay becomes a lump, jug, a potsherd, and (finally) powder. Here, what is called annihilation is the attainment of a succeeding stage by an entity which existed previously in a preceding stage. And this annihilation itself is called birth in that stage. Thus, the seence called birth and annihilation being inevitable for an evolving entity, it is not worthy of you to grieve. Now Sri Krsna says that not even the slightest grief arising from seeing an entity passing from a previous existing stage to an opposite stage, is justifiable in regard to human beings etc.

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly

2.27. Death is certain indeed for what is born; and birth is certain for what is dead. Therefore you should not lament over a thing that is unavoidable.

🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद

For the Hindi-aware seer · Pūjya Swami Rāmsukhdās ji's translation · a high-readability modern Hindi rendering · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur tradition. (→ Full Mahāpurusha-detail page for the 102-year-living Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī Mahātmā.)

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī tradition · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur · highest modern Hindi reading

।।2.27।। क्योंकि पैदा हुएकी जरूर मृत्यु होगी और मरे हुएका जरूर जन्म होगा। इस (जन्म-मरण-रूप परिवर्तन के प्रवाह) का परिहार अर्थात् निवारण नहीं हो सकता। अतः इस विषयमें तुम्हें शोक नहीं करना चाहिये।

🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices

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Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors

2.27 जातस्य of the born? हि for? ध्रुवः certain? मृत्युः death? ध्रुवम् certain? जन्म birth? मृतस्य of the dead? च and? तस्मात् therefore? अपरिहार्ये inevritable? अर्थे in matter? न not? त्वम् thou? शोचितुम् to grieve? अर्हसि (thou) oughtest.Commentary Birth is sure to happen to that which is dead death is sure to happen to what which is born. Birth and death are certainly unavoidable. Therefore? you should not grieve over an inevitable matter.

Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)

Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship

2.27 Jatasya etc. Destruction comes after birth, and after the destruction comes birth. Thus, this series of birth-and-death is like a circle. Hence to what extent is this to be lamented for ? Furthermore-

Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching

।।2.27।। भौतिकवादी नास्तिक लोगों का मत है कि बिना किसी पूर्वापर कारण के वस्तुएँ उत्पन्न नहीं होती हैं। आस्तिक लोग देह से भिन्न जीव का अस्तित्व स्वीकार करते हुए कहते हैं कि एक ही जीव विकास की दृष्टि से अनेक शरीर धारण करता है जिससे वह इस दृश्य जगत् के पीछे जो परम सत्य है उनको पहचान सकें। दोनों ही प्रकार के विचारों में एक सामान्य बात यह है कि दोनों ही यह मानते हैं कि जीवन जीवनमृत्यु की एक शृंखला है।इस प्रकार जीवन के स्वरूप को समझ लेने पर निरन्तर होने वाले जन्म और मृत्यु पर किसी विवेकी पुरुष को शोक नहीं करना चाहिए। गर्मियों के दिनों में सूर्य के प्रखर ताप में बाहर खड़े होकर यदि कोई सूर्य के ताप और चमक की शिकायत करे तो वास्तव में यह मूढ़ता का लक्षण है। इसी प्रकार यदि जीवन को प्राप्त कर उसके परिवर्तनशील स्वभाव की कोई शिकायत करता है तो यह एक अक्षम्य मूढ़ता है।उपर्युक्त कारण से शोक करना अपने अज्ञान का ही परिचायक है। श्रीकृष्ण का जीवन तो आनन्द और उत्साह का संदेश देता है। उनका जीवनसंदेश है रुदन अज्ञान का लक्षण है और हँसना बुद्धिमत्ता का। हँसते रहो इन दो शब्दों में श्रीकृष्ण के उपदेश को बताया जा सकता है। इसी कारण जब वे अपने मित्र को शोकाकुल देखते है तो उसकी शोक और मोह से रक्षा करने के लिए और इस प्रकार उसके जीवन के लक्ष्य को प्राप्त कराने के लिए वे तत्पर हो जाते हैं।अब आगे के दस श्लोक सामान्य मनुष्य का दृष्टिकोण बताते हैं। भगवान् शंकराचार्य अपने भाष्य में कहते हैं कार्यकारण के सम्बन्ध से युक्त वस्तुओं के लिए शोक करना उचित नहीं क्योंकि

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2.27।। व्याख्या-- 'जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च'-- पूर्वश्लोकके अनुसार अगर शरीरीको नित्य जन्मने और मरनेवाला भी मान लिया जाय, तो भी वह शोकका विषय नहीं हो सकता। कारण कि जिसका जन्म हो गया है, वह जरूर मरेगा और जो मर गया है, वह जरूर जन्मेगा। 'तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि'-- इसलिये कोई भी इस जन्म-मृत्युरूप प्रवाहका परिहार (निवारण) नहीं कर सकता; क्योंकि इसमें किसीका किञ्चिन्मात्र भी वश नहीं चलता। यह जन्म-मृत्युरूप प्रवाह तो अनादिकालसे चला आ रहा है और अनन्तकालतक चलता रहेगा। इस दृष्टिसे तुम्हारे लिये शोक करना उचित नहीं है। ये धृतराष्ट्रके पुत्र जन्में हैं, तो जरूर मरेंगे। तुम्हारे पास ऐसा कोई उपाय नहीं है, जिससे तुम उनको बचा सको। जो मर जायेंगे, वे जरूर जन्मेंगे। उनको भी तुम रोक नहीं सकते। फिर शोक किस बातका?

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This is verse 27 of 72 in Chapter 2 · Sāṅkhya-Yoga (The Yoga of Knowledge)
Chapter theme: Krishna's first teaching · the niṣkāma-karma sūtra · BG 2.47
Ṣaṭka grouping: TVAM-Ṣaṭka (BG 1-6 · the jīva)
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⭐ Mahābhārata anchor: this verse is also MBh 6.24.27 (Bhīṣma-Parva · the BG in its full narrative home)

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