Verse 2.39

एषा तेऽभिहिता साङ्ख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां श‍ृणु ।

बुद्ध्या युक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि ॥

2.39

Transliteration

eṣā te'bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhiryoge tvimāṃ śa‍ṛṇu |

buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karmabandhaṃ prahāsyasi ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

This, which has been taught to thee, is wisdon concerning Sankhya. Now listen to wisdom concerning Yoga, endowed with which, O Arjuna, thou shalt cast off the bonds of action.

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Word by word

this
to you
declared
in Sankhya
understanding
in yoga
now
this
hear

with understanding
endowed
by which
O Partha
bondage of action
you will cast off

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna marks a transition. What he has said so far is understanding (buddhi) according to Sankhya, the path of discriminating knowledge about the self and the world. Now he will explain it according to yoga, the disciplined way of acting. Joined with this understanding, Arjuna will throw off the bondage that action (karma) usually brings. The words Sankhya and yoga here are best read in the Gita's own sense, as two approaches to the same insight, rather than strictly as the later philosophical schools of those names.