Shloka 12
कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश
Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction
सम्बन्ध-- पहले भगवान् आत्माकी नित्यता और निर्विकारताका प्रतिपादन करके आत्मदृष्टिसे उनके लिये शोक करना अनुचित सिद्ध करते हैं-- न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपा: । न चैव न भविष्याम: सर्वे वयमत: परम्
na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ | na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param ||
“并非曾有某时我不曾存在，或你不曾存在，或这些人间君王不曾存在；也并非从此以后我们所有人将不复存在。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Self (ātman) is continuous across past, present, and future; therefore lamentation based on the idea that persons are annihilated is misguided. This insight supports steadiness and right action (dharma) even amid war.
On the battlefield, Arjuna is overwhelmed by sorrow and reluctance. Through Sanjaya’s report, Krishna begins correcting Arjuna’s grief by affirming the enduring existence of himself, Arjuna, and the assembled kings, preparing the ground for Arjuna to act without delusion.