Chapter 2 · The Yoga of Knowledge

Sankhya Yoga

Krishna begins the real teaching. The eternal soul, the steady mind, action without attachment. The chapter that holds the Gita's most quoted verse: 2.47.

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Krishna teaching the Sankhya — the eternal nature of the self
First verse · 2.1
सञ्जय उवाचतं तथा कृपयाऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् । विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः ॥
Grief opens the door for instruction.

Even the deepest collapse can become the starting point of guidance.

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