Sārathi

Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga, verse 12

न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।
न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् ॥

Say itna tvevāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ
na chaiva na bhaviṣhyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param

Practice reciting

Translation

Nor, at any time, was I not, nor thou, nor these rulers of men; nor, verily, shall we ever cease to be hereafter.

Swami Sivananda

Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.

Advaita

Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.

Vishishtadvaita

Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.

Dvaita

Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.

Shuddhadvaita

Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.

Kashmir Shaivism

The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.

Modern teachers

20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.