The entire content of this mail is based on Swami Adidevananda's translation of Sri Ramanuja Gita Bhashya, published by Sri Ramakrishna Math.
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 16
Na asatah vidhyate bhavah na abhavo vidhyate satah I
Ubhayoh api drishtah antah tu anyahoh tatva darshibih II sloka 16
न असतः विध्यते भावः न अभावो विध्यते सतः ।
उभयोः अपि दृष्टः अन्तः तु अनयोः तत्व दर्शिभिः ।। श्लोक १६
The unreal can never come into being; the real never ceases to be. The truth about these 2 is seen by the seers of truth.
The Unreal that is the body can never come into being. The Real that is the self can never cease to be. The finale about these, the body and the self, which can be experienced has been realised correctly by the seers of truth. As analysis ends in conclusion, the term finale is here used. The meaning is this : Non-existence (ie perishableness is the real nature of the body which is in itself insentient. Existence (ie imperishableness) is the real nature
of the self, which is sentient. (What follows is the justification of describing the body as "unreal"
and having "never come into