Shloka 28
सम्बन्ध-- अब अगले “्लोकमें यह सिद्ध करते हैं कि प्राणियोंके शरीरोंको उद्देश्य करके भी शोक करना नहीं बनता-- अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत | अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना,हे अर्जुन! सम्पूर्ण प्राणी जन्मसे पहले अप्रकट थे और मरनेके बाद भी अप्रकट हो जानेवाले हैं, केवल बीचमें ही प्रकट हैं; फिर ऐसी स्थितिमें क्या शोक करना है?
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata | avyaktanidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā ||
ହେ ଭାରତବଂଶଜ! ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀ ଆରମ୍ଭରେ ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତ, ମଧ୍ୟରେ ମାତ୍ର ବ୍ୟକ୍ତ, ଏବଂ ଶେଷରେ ପୁଣି ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତ ହୋଇଯାନ୍ତି। ତେବେ ସେଠାରେ ଶୋକ କାହିଁକି?
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Since embodied beings are unmanifest before birth and unmanifest after death, with only a temporary manifest phase in between, grief over the body’s changing condition is not rationally or ethically necessary; one should cultivate steadiness and discernment about impermanence.
In the lead-up to the Kurukshetra war, the teaching counters Arjuna’s sorrow by reframing life and death: the visible body is a brief manifestation between two unseen states, so lamentation should not derail one’s duty and clarity.