Bhagavad Gita 2.22
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही॥
vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro 'parāṇi | tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī ||
“As a person sheds worn-out garments and puts on new ones, so the embodied Self casts off worn-out bodies and enters new ones.”- grief
- death
- impermanence
What this verse is about
This verse speaks to grief and the ache of losing what we love, death and what, if anything, is untouched by it, and impermanence, that nothing stays quite the same.
✦ Contemplation
Some habits and stories about yourself no longer fit. You can put them down.
✦ A small practice
Name one thing you have outgrown. Just name it. You don't have to change it today.
Chapter 2
The Yoga of KnowledgeSāṅkhya Yoga
Krishna introduces the deathless Self, the duty of action, and the ideal of a mind that stays steady through pleasure and pain.
Sit with this verse a little longer.
Ask Dharma how this verse might land in your own life, and receive a calm, verse-grounded reflection.
Ask Dharma about 2.22