अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् ।
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
हे महाबाहो अगर तुम इस देहीको नित्य पैदा होनेवाला अथवा नित्य मरनेवाला भी मानो, तो भी तुम्हें इस प्रकार शोक नहीं करना चाहिये ॥
English
O mighty-armed one, even if you think this embodied being is always born and always dies, you still should not grieve like this.
श्लोक का अर्थ
Even if you see this embodied being as something that keeps being born and dying, grief is still not fitting. Krishna is pushing Arjuna beyond sorrow itself.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield at Kurukshetra, Arjuna is frozen by sorrow while Krishna keeps dismantling his fear. After explaining the imperishable nature of the embodied being, Krishna adds one more step: even under a simpler view of life and death, grief is still not the right response.
आज के संदर्भ में
You are sitting beside a hospital bed, bracing for news you cannot control. Even if you think only in terms of birth and death, panic does not help you meet the moment.
सार
You do not need to collapse into grief just because change is happening.
शब्दार्थ
अथ (even then) / च (also) / एनम् (this) / नित्यजातम् (always born) / नित्यम् (always) / वा (or) / मन्यसे (you think) / मृतम् (dead) / तथापि (even so) / त्वम् (you) / महाबाहो (mighty-armed one) / नैवम् (not like this) / शोचितुम् (to grieve) / अर्हसि (you should)
यह श्लोक भगवद् गीता अध्याय 2: सांख्य योग — ज्ञान का योग का भाग है, जिसमें कुल 72 श्लोक हैं।
संबंधित विषय: kurukshetra (95 श्लोक), grief (10 श्लोक)