Thread by @GitaGovindam

#gitarthavisesha #FirstShadanga #Adhyaya2 #Shloka39

एषा तेऽभिहिता सांख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां श्रृणु ।
बुद्ध्यायुक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि ।।

eṣā te'bhihitā sāṃkhye buddhiryoge tvimāṃ śrṛṇu ।
buddhyāyukto yayā pārtha karmabandhaṃ prahāsyasi ।।

पार्थ - Kuntiputra!, ते - you, सांख्ये - Atma, बुद्धि: - knowledge,
अभिहिता - was told, योगे तु इमां - Now a different yoga of karma-yoga,
श्रृणु - listen, यया बुद्ध्या - with this knowledge, युक्त: - combined,
कर्मबन्धं - karma-bandha, प्रहास्यसि - you can cast it away!

Krishna described the real nature of Atma in previous shlokas beginning from 'nat-tve-vAham' & ending with 'na-tvam-shocitum-arhasi' (2.12 to 2.30)

From this shloka onwards, he proceeds to describe Karma Yoga

(V)
---
Kuntiputra!, I previously described about the nature of Atma. The knowledge required for realizing Atma (Karma Yoga) is what I am going to describe to you now..

The pada 'sankhya' denotes buddhi. Hence Atma is known as 'sAnkhyam' or that which is known by buddhi.

Practicing Karma Yoga results in realizing Atma-svabhava...

The pada 'buddhi' denotes the knowledge about 'karma-bandham' or 'Karma Yoga'

(A)
---
Sadness, Grief etc.. arise of out of ajnana (poor knowledge). I elucidated the ways on eliminating ajnana in previous shlokas.

To be able to receive that vidya, you'll need to know about Karma Yoga as well as Samadhi-Yoga.

I am going to impart that to you now..

(D)
---
By my speech, know well about Nishkama-karma (Vishnu Puja). Perform the same & get relieved of the endless cycle of life & death in this very birth!