Chapter 2 verse 39
“This, which has been taught to thee, is wisdom concerning
Sankhya. Now listen to the wisdom concerning Yoga, having known which, O
Partha, you shall cast off the ‘bonds of action’”
This sloka stumps me totally. It is a setup for maybe what
is to come in subsequent slokas in this chapter and/or future chapters. Krishna
is switching from what he calls wisdom related to Sankhya which is knowledge to
wisdom concerning Yoga. I don’t want to presuppose what he means by Yoga but he
is upping the ante with Arjuna to say that even if all this wisdom or talk
about knowledge didn’t work out for you, I will give you more on Yoga. Just to
recap, Krishna talks about Sankhya where he says one doesn’t kill anyone-you
are not the doer, one is the self and not just the body and mind, encourages
one to endure the pair of opposites. He also threw light on duty of a Kshatriya
or generally one’s duty. After giving Arjuna this knowledge, Krishna wants to
talk about Yoga now. What is Yoga? What is Krishna going to say? We shall see?
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