The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
The materialistic standpoint - 26-28
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 26
Atha chainam nitya jatam nityam va manyase mrutam I
Tatha api tvam mahabaho na enam shochitum arhasi II sloka 26
अथ चैनं नित्य जातं नित्यं वा मान्यसे मृतं ।
तथा अपि त्वं महाबाहो न एनं शोचितुम अर्हसि ।। श्लोक २६
Or if you conceive of Atman as given to constant births and deaths, even then, O mighty armed, you should not sorrow.
That there is nothing permanent, is the view of the materialists. The Lord now takes this stand point for inquiry. Granting that this view is true, even then there is no ground for grieving. A man being given to theism, atheism, agnosticism, materialism or any other belief is not of much consequence. Irrespective of his creed, he must be free from sorrowing. It is despondency that takes away all manliness from man.
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