Chapter 14: Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga: – Understanding and Transcending the Three Qualities of NatureVerse 2
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागता: ।
सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च ॥
idaṃ jñānam-upāśritya
mama sādharmyam-āgatā:
sarge’pi nopajāyante
pralaye na vyathanti ca – 14.2
By taking refuge in this wisdom, many have come to My state (finding identity with Me). They do not get born at the time of creation, nor get afflicted during dissolution.
Chapter 14: Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga: – Understanding and Transcending the Three Qualities of Nature - Verse 2
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna says the knowledge he will impart has the potential to save the seeker from the entire cycle of Nature and all consequent torments. “My state” refers to Purusha, the Soul of everyone, ever free, distinct from Prakṛti.
As birth, growth and death of living beings transpire, the manifest creation also evolves, grows and expands to the present state of infinite variety and magnitude. In time, it will also be dissolved. Again it will spring up. All this is due to Purusha, the Soul, who remains free, unaffected by anything happening in Nature.
So, when one identifies his ‘I’ with the supreme Purusha, he too remains unaffected by what is happening in the micro-level as well as the macro-level. The freedom gained transcends dissolution and evolution of the world.
That is all due to the grace of wisdom Arjuna will imbibe now. “So be attentive” – implies Krishna.
