अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् | तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि || 26 || जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च | तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि || 27 || |
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“If you imagine that the soul goes through many lives alternating between birth and death, still there is no cause for grief. Death is certain for one who is born so is rebirth for one who is has died. Therefore, do not grieve over the inevitable”
Commentary
The greatest fear of ordinary man is death, that rudely interrupts future plans and fondest attachments with an unknown and unwelcome change. Through attachment or fear, grieving over the perishable body, which operates under universal laws is unworthy.
A truth-seeker realizes by introspection, self-analysis and by following the path of a God-realized guru, that the universal laws which govern the phenomenal world command that the karma-bound man must undergo these series of births and deaths. The wise devotee does not grieve over his dire fate and difficult future experiences; rather he concentrates his utmost powers to destroy those karmas by identifying himself with the omniscient Spirit!
The yogi uses the body as a vehicle and takes care of it to the extent that it helps him to wisely escape into immortality.
A truth-seeker realizes by introspection, self-analysis and by following the path of a God-realized guru, that the universal laws which govern the phenomenal world command that the karma-bound man must undergo these series of births and deaths. The wise devotee does not grieve over his dire fate and difficult future experiences; rather he concentrates his utmost powers to destroy those karmas by identifying himself with the omniscient Spirit!
The yogi uses the body as a vehicle and takes care of it to the extent that it helps him to wisely escape into immortality.