Bhagavad Gita
· Sankhya Yoga 2
· Verse 11
Verified original
श्रीभगवानुवाच
अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे
गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः
അശോച്യാനന്വശോചസ്ത്വം പ്രജ്ഞാവാദാംശ്ച ഭാഷസേ ഗതാസൂനഗതാസൂംശ്ച നാനുശോചന്തി പണ്ഡിതാഃ
śhrī bhagavān uvācha aśhochyān anvaśhochas tvaṁ prajñā-vādānśh cha bhāṣhase gatāsūn agatāsūnśh cha nānuśhochanti paṇḍitāḥ
English Translation
The Supreme Lord said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead.
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Explanation · English
This is Krishna's first teaching verse. He immediately challenges Arjuna: you speak like a philosopher but grieve like the ignorant. The word "paṇḍitāḥ" (the truly wise) is key — real wisdom is not intellectual knowledge but the understanding that the soul is eternal.