Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self: Verse 3
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गम: पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते ।
क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप ॥
klaibyaṃ mā sma gama: pārtha naitat-tvayy-upapadyate
kṣudraṃ hṛdaya-daurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa – 2.3
Do not give vent to this kind of unmanliness,
O Partha (Arjuna). It does not behove you the least.
Such meanness of heart is trifling indeed. Eschew it
outright, and get up, O scorcher of enemies!
Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self - Verse 3
Ma Gurupriya
This is the one message for the whole humanity any time anywhere in the world! On any account whatever,do not become weak or get shaken. There is nothing in this world which has not occurred earlier. Any adversity will pass, as it has come. Human mind has the potential to forbear and outlive it, if but it wills.
Have confidence in yourself, in Nature, which has moulded your being. Do not feel forlorn or shaken by any episode at all. This is the attitude to enrich and elevate one in all circumstances. The advice is not merely for one Arjuna, but to the whole humanity for ever.
The effect of Krishna’s words was instant, wholesome.On just hearing them, Arjuna’s tears stopped and he became curious to know further. Emotional mind gave place to rational introspection, making him an ardent seeker, yearning to know how could he take up the task, extremely afflicting as it was!
