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A verse from the Bhagavad-gītā, a sacred scripture of Hinduism, explaining the cycle of birth and death of the soul. The verse compares the soul to a changing garment and the Supersoul to a friend who fulfills the soul's desire.
- Bg. 2.2
The Absolute Truth is realized in three phases of...
- Bg. 2.2
Learn how the soul remains unchanged when it discards its worn-out body and enters a new one, as a person sheds old clothes and wears new ones. Read the verse, translation, commentary and watch Swamiji explain this concept of rebirth.
Learn how the soul accepts new bodies and gives up old ones, like changing garments, according to the will of the Supersoul. Read the original Sanskrit verse, translation and purport by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Prabhupāda explains the verse vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro 'parāṇi tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī [Bg. 2.22] and its purport. He contrasts Vedic knowledge with modern ignorance and urges to accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
BG 2.2: The Supreme Lord said: My dear Arjun, how has this delusion overcome you in this hour of peril? It is not befitting an honorable person. It leads not to the higher abodes, but to disgrace.
Contents of the Gītā Summarized. TEXT 1: Sañjaya said: Seeing Arjuna full of compassion, his mind depressed, his eyes full of tears, Madhusūdana, Kṛṣṇa, spoke the following words. TEXT 2: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the value of life.
The Absolute Truth is realized in three phases of understanding, namely Brahman, or the impersonal all-pervasive spirit; Paramātmā, or the localized aspect of the Supreme within the heart of all living entities; and Bhagavān, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa.
