Shri Krishna as Bhagavad Gita - 1 : Swami Nikhilananda Saraswati

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12/11/2018

Chapter 2 - Bhagavan Shri Krishna's feet

The essence of the Bhagawad Geeta or Samkhya Yoga unfolds in the second chapter. After giving a patient hearing Lord Krishna shakes Arjuna out of his apathy. He analyses his problem and chides him, “You talk like an intellectual but in reality you are confused and sorrowful. You do not recognize yourself as you really are.” After this mental shake the Lord begins the teaching of the Gita.

This chapter is a direct introduction to the Atman and eloquently describes the state of a Sthitaprajna Purusha. We must attain the state of a Jeevan Mukta, not after death but here and now…in this life. The jnani is content in Himself. He revels in His own Self or the Atman. The world is Atmaswarupa and the Lord is all-pervasive.


This can be achieved by freeing our minds from desires and becoming absorbed in the Atman. To realize this, we have only to recognize ourselves as we are. We don’t have to go anywhere. We don’t have to get or accumulate anything. We don’t have to become Brahman. We are Brahman. We are Jeevan Mukta. We must give up what we are not to become established in what we are. We have just to understand this Knowledge and know that the goal of life is to get established in the Nirguna Brahman.

Chapter 2 is like Bhagwan’s pada or the Lord’s feet on which He stands. Pada is also goal. This chapter represents the goal. It is also a reminder of the goal…of the great state, which we can reach.

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