BG 2.20
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्
The soul is never born nor does it ever die.
Chapter 2 of 18 · 72 verses · Sankhya Yoga
सांख्ययोग
The Yoga of Knowledge
Sāṅkhya-yoga
Theme: Eternal soul, swadharma, equanimity
Speaker: Krishna primarily; Arjuna asks the Sthitaprajna question (2.54)
Chapter summary
Krishna begins his teaching: the soul (atman) is eternal, indestructible; the body perishes. Arjuna must perform his kshatriya duty without attachment to outcomes. The Sthitaprajna verses (54-72) describe the wise person of steady wisdom — the foundational portrait of the liberated being in the Gita.
Key verses
BG 2.47
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन
You have the right to action alone, never to its fruits.
BG 2.48
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय
Established in yoga, perform action, abandoning attachment.
Central takeaway
Act, but release the result. Equanimity in success and failure is yoga.
Jump to chapter
1. Arjuna's Despair2. The Yoga of Knowledge3. The Yoga of Action4. The Yoga of Knowledge & Renunciation of Action5. The Yoga of Renunciation of Action6. The Yoga of Self-Restraint / Meditation7. The Yoga of Knowledge & Realization8. The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman9. The Royal Knowledge, The Royal Secret10. The Yoga of Divine Manifestations11. The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form12. The Yoga of Devotion13. The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field14. The Yoga of the Three Gunas15. The Yoga of the Supreme Person16. The Yoga of the Divine & Demoniac Natures17. The Yoga of the Threefold Faith18. The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation