Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self: Verse 50
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते ।
तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥
buddhi-yukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte
tasmād-yogāya yujyasva yoga: karmasu kauśalam – 2.50
One with intelligence attuned to yoga outlives both virtue and vice. Therefore, dedicate yourself to yoga. Yoga is verily dexterity in performing all kinds of actions.
Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self - Verse 50
Ma Gurupriya
To leave vice is the initial step in spirituality. The seeker has to equally outlive virtue as well. Then alone will he beget redemption. True spiritual goal, the whole theme of Bhagavad Gita as well, is to transcend dvandvas (pairs of opposites).
The world is profuse with plurality, which resolves into two religious postulates, virtue and vice, with their visible and invisible effects.
We first strive to rid vice, preferring virtue all the while. This is but the lower level in the spiritual ascent. Only when the mind stops looking to virtue also, the seeker attains real freedom and the resulting joy and ease.
Pāpa, sin, is undesirable, while puṇya, merit, is desirable. To get to a level not yearning for puṇya too is par supreme. It raises the seeker to the lofty level of transcendence. How cherishable is such a state!
