Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self: Verse 13
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा ।
तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥
dehino’smin-yathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā
tathā dehāntara-prāptir-dhīras-tatra na muhyati – 2.13
Just as the one dwelling in the body undergoes childhood, youth and old age, so too is the transition from the body. The wise one is not deluded about it.
Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self - Verse 13
Ma Gurupriya
Death is no extinction. It is but a transition. Be relieved. None will ever die.
Krishna says: “The whole Nature, all its creations, are transforming every moment. Changefulness is the beauty of creation. Nothing remains still or un-transforming.
“Can you imagine a newborn baby not changing at all? Growth is change, transition. The child grows into the next stage, becomes an adolescent, an adult, then an old-aged, finally leaves the body.
“Death is the last visible transition. The ever-present Self, the ‘I’, is not affected in the process. It is the same throughout, and will be so at death too.”
The wise people do not grieve over death. The born will have to grow, decline and depart. There is nothing disorderly in this. Think beyond what the eyes show. By introspection alone true understanding is gained.
