Chapter 2 · Verse 11 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.11
Sanskrit
श्री भगवानुवाच अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे। गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः।।2.11।।
Transliteration
śhrī bhagavān uvācha aśhochyān-anvaśhochas-tvaṁ prajñā-vādānśh cha bhāṣhase gatāsūn-agatāsūnśh-cha nānuśhochanti paṇḍitāḥ
In plain words
You are grieving someone or something, and that grief feels like proof of your love—but it's also consuming you. Krishna says: the wise grieve neither the living nor the dead, because they know that what matters in a person—their essence, their soul—cannot be touched by loss. Your pain is real, but it's rooted in clinging to a form that was always going to change; when you begin to see what is eternal in the one you love, your heart can finally rest.
हिंदी अर्थ
आप उन लोगों के लिए शोक कर रहे हैं जिनके लिए शोक करना ठीक नहीं है, और साथ ही बुद्धिमान लोगों की बातें भी कर रहे हैं। बुद्धिमान लोग न तो मरे हुए लोगों के लिए रोते हैं और न ही जीवित लोगों के लिए, क्योंकि सब कुछ नष्ट होने वाला है।
Word by Word
The Lord cuts through Arjuna's grief with surgical precision: you mourn those who do not deserve mourning, yet speak words that sound wise. The truly learned never lament the dead or the living, because they understand the eternal nature of the soul that transcends birth and death.
This is not cold detachment, but the peace that comes from seeing reality as it is—when you recognize that the Self is deathless, suffering loses its grip on your heart. In your own moments of loss or fear, pause and ask: am I grieving the body, or have I forgotten the eternal witness that observes all change?
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Bhagavad Gita 2.11 — BG 2.11
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