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Shloka 26

कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश

Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction

सम्बन्ध-- उपर्युक्त श्लोकोंमें भगवानूने आत्माको अजन्मा और अविनाशी बतलाकर उसके लिये शोक करना अनुचित सिद्ध किया: अब दो श*लोकोद्रारा आत्माको औपचारिकरूपसे जन्मने-मरनेवाला माननेपर भी उसके लिये शोक करना अनुचित है; ऐसा सिद्ध करते हैं-- अथ चैन नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्‌ । तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमरहसि

atha cainaṁ nityajātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛtam | tathāpi tvaṁ mahābāho naivaṁ śocitum arhasi ||

サञ्जयは言った。たとえ汝が真我を、常に生まれ、常に死ぬものと見なそうとも、強き腕の者よ、それでもなお、このように嘆くに値しない。倫理の要点は、嘆きは義務を果たさせはしないということだ。悲しみに支配されず、堅固さと識別をもって行為せよ。

athanow/then
atha:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca
enamthis (one), him/it
enam:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootidam (enad-pronoun stem: ena-)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
nitya-jātamever-born/always being born
nitya-jātam:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootnitya + jāta
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
nityamalways
nityam:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya
or
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
manyaseyou think/consider
manyase:
TypeVerb
Rootman (मनँ)
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Second, Singular
mṛtamdead
mṛtam:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootmṛta (from √mṛ)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
tathāeven so/then
tathā:
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā
apieven/also
api:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad
FormNominative, Singular
mahā-bāhoO mighty-armed one
mahā-bāho:
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + bāhu
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
evamthus/in this way
evam:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam
śocitumto grieve
śocitum:
TypeVerb
Root√śuc (शुचँ)
FormInfinitive (tumun)
arhasiyou ought/are fit
arhasi:
TypeVerb
Root√arh (अर्हँ)
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
A
Arjuna (addressed as Mahābāhu)
Ā
Ātman (the Self)

Educational Q&A

Even under the assumption that the Self is repeatedly born and dies, grief is still inappropriate; sorrow does not aid righteous action, whereas steadiness supports dharma and clear judgment.

In the battlefield dialogue, the teaching counters Arjuna’s despair by offering an alternative line of reasoning: whether one accepts the Self as unborn/imperishable or assumes continual birth and death, lamentation is not justified and should not obstruct duty.