।।2.28।।मनुष्यादि भूतानि सन्ति एव द्रव्याणि अनुपलब्धपूर्वावस्थानि उपलब्धमनुष्यत्वादिमध्यमावस्थानि अनुपलब्धोत्तरावस्थानि स्वेषु स्वभावेषु वर्तन्ते इति न तत्र परिदेवना निमित्तिम् अस्ति।एवं शरीरात्मवादे अपि नास्ति शोकनिमित्तम् इति उक्त्वा शरीरातिरिक्त आश्चर्यस्वरूप आत्मनि द्रष्टा वक्ता श्रोता श्रवणायत्तात्मनिश्चयः च दुर्लभ इत्याह
2.28 Human beings etc., (i.e., bodies) exist as entities; their previous stages are unknown, their middle stages in the form of man etc., are known, and their (final) and future stages are unknown. As they thus exist in their own natural stages, there is no cause for grief.
After thus saying that there is no cause for grief even according to the view which identifies the body with the self, Sri Krsna proceeds to say that it is hard to find one who can be said to have truly perceived the Atman or spoken about It or heard about It or gained a true conception of It by hearing. For the Atman, which is actually different from the body, is of a wonderful nature.
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