Bg. 2.16
Tekst
nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ
ubhayor api dṛṣṭo ’ntas
tv anayos tattva-darśibhiḥ
Synonyms
na — aldrig; asataḥ — af det ikke-eksisterende; vidyate — der er; bhāvaḥ — varighed; na — aldrig; abhāvaḥ — skiftende kvalitet; vidyate — der er; sataḥ — af det evige; ubhayoḥ — om de to; api — sandelig; dṛṣṭaḥ — er blevet observeret; antaḥ — konklusionen; tu — afgjort; anayoḥ — af disse to; tattva — af sandheden; darśibhiḥ — af seerne.
Translation
De, der kan se sandheden, har konkluderet, at det ikke-eksisterende [den materielle krop] ikke varer ved, og at det evige [sjælen] aldrig forandres. Dette har de sluttet ved at studere begges naturer.
Purport
FORKLARING: Den foranderlige krop varer ikke ved. Det er anerkendt inden for moderne lægevidenskab, at kroppen forandrer sig hvert øjeblik på grund af de reaktioner, der sker i cellerne, og derfor vokser kroppen og bliver gammel. Men den åndelige sjæl eksisterer permanent og forbliver den samme på trods af alle de ændringer, der foregår i kroppen og sindet. Det er forskellen på materie og bevidsthed. Af natur er kroppen evigt foranderlig, og sjælen er evig. Den konklusion er blevet fastslået af alle klasser af kendere af sandheden, upersonalister såvel som personalister. Der står i Viṣṇu Purāṇa (2.12.38), at Viṣṇu og Hans boliger alle befinder sig i selvoplyst åndelig eksistens (jyotīṁṣi viṣṇur bhuvanāni viṣṇuḥ). Ordene ’eksisterende’ og ’ikke-eksisterende’ refererer kun til ånd og materie. Den opfattelse deles af alle kendere af sandheden.
This is the beginning of the instruction by the Lord to the living entities who are bewildered by the influence of ignorance. Removal of ignorance involves the reestablishment of the eternal relationship between the worshiper and the worshipable and the consequent understanding of the difference between the part-and-parcel living entities and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One can understand the nature of the Supreme by thorough study of oneself, the difference between oneself and the Supreme being understood as the relationship between the part and the whole. In the Vedānta-sūtras, as well as in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the Supreme has been accepted as the origin of all emanations. Such emanations are experienced by superior and inferior natural sequences. The living entities belong to the superior nature, as it will be revealed in the Seventh Chapter. Although there is no difference between the energy and the energetic, the energetic is accepted as the Supreme, and the energy or nature is accepted as the subordinate. The living entities, therefore, are always subordinate to the Supreme Lord, as in the case of the master and the servant, or the teacher and the taught. Such clear knowledge is impossible to understand under the spell of ignorance, and to drive away such ignorance the Lord teaches the Bhagavad-gītā for the enlightenment of all living entities for all time.