Bhagavad Gita 14.2
Spoken by Krishna · Verse 2 of 27
इदम् ज्ञानम् उपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यम् आगताः । सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च ॥
idam jñānam upāśritya mama sādharmyam āgatāḥ | sarge'pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca ||
Those who resort to this knowledge attain My own nature — neither reborn at creation nor disturbed at dissolution.
Word by word (3)
- idam jñānam upāśritya
- — having taken refuge in (upāśritya) this knowledge (idam jñānam) — active resort, not passive hearing
- mama sādharmyam āgatāḥ
- — they have attained to My sādharmya — sameness of dharma/nature; becoming one in essence with Krishna
- sarge api nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca
- — not born even at creation (sarga); not disturbed even at dissolution (pralaya) — freedom from the cosmic cycle itself
Those who take refuge in this knowledge and attain unity with My very nature — they are not born again even at the moment of cosmic creation, nor are they disturbed at the time of universal dissolution.
A modern analogy
When you understand the mechanism of a dream — that it is only dream — you don't get reborn in the dream-world each night or panicked when the dream ends. Realizing the guṇa-mechanism liberates you from the cycle of sarga and pralaya.
Public-domain translations (4) compare all →
They who, having resorted to this knowledge, have attained to unity with Me, are neither born in the creation, nor disturbed in the dissolution. [1]
[Truncated in index — 35 chars only] They who, having devoted themselves (to this knowledge and attained unity with Me) are neither born at creation nor troubled at dissolution. [4]
Those who, resorting to this knowledge, reach assimilation with my essence, are not born at the creation, and are not afflicted at the destruction of the universe. [9]
Resorting to this science, and attaining to my nature, they are not reborn even on the occasion of a new creation and are not disturbed at the universal dissolution. [13]
This verse speaks to
Where this thread continues
The tattva-vit sees gunas moving among gunas and does not become attached. Knowledge itself produces liberation.
Krishna reopens with the supreme jñāna above all knowledge — knowing which every muni has reached parāṃ siddhim.
Transcending the three guṇas, the embodied one is freed from birth-death-age-pain and attains immortality.
Daivī wealth begins: abhaya, sattva-śuddhi, jñāna-yoga, dāna, dama, yajña, svādhyāya, tapa, ārjava.
Sattva — luminous and stainless — yet binds the jīva through attachment to happiness and attachment to knowledge.
Sattva binds to happiness; rajas to action; tamas veils wisdom and chains to heedlessness.
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