Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga, verse 25
अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते।
तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥
Say itavyakto ’yam achintyo ’yam avikāryo ’yam uchyate
tasmādevaṁ viditvainaṁ nānuśhochitum arhasi
Translation
This Self is said to be unmanifested, unthinkable, and unchangeable. Therefore, knowing this to be so, you should not grieve.
Swami Sivananda
It is said that This is unmanifest; This is inconceivable; This is unchangeable. Therefore, having known This thus, you ought not to grieve.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
This (self) is said to be unmanifest, inconceivable, and unchanging. Therefore, knowing it thus, it does not befit you to grieve.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
This is declared to be non-evident, imponderable, and unchangeable. Therefore, understanding this as such, you should not lament.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
It is named the Unmanifest, the Unthinkable, and the immutable. Therefore, knowing the Spirit as such, you have no cause to grieve.
Shri Purohit Swami
यह देही प्रत्यक्ष नहीं दीखता, यह चिन्तनका विषय नहीं है और यह निर्विकार कहा जाता है। अतः इस देहीको ऐसा जानकर शोक नहीं करना चाहिये।
Swami Ramsukhdas
यह आत्मा अव्यक्त, अचिन्त्य और अविकारी कहा जाता है; इसलिए इसको इस प्रकार जानकर तुमको शोक करना उचित नहीं है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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.