सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ।
ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि।।2.38।।
एषा तेऽभिहिता सांख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां श्रृणु।
बुद्ध्यायुक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि।।2.39।।
नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते।
स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्।।2.40।।
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।
बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।
Treating happiness and sorrow, gain and loss, and conquest and defeat with equanimity, then engage in battle. Thus, you will not incur sin.
O Partha, this wisdom has been imparted to you from the standpoint of Self-realization. But listen to this wisdom from the standpoint of Yoga, endowed with which, you will get rid of the bondage of action.
Here, there is no waste of effort; nor is there any harm. Even a little of this righteousness saves one from great fear.
O scion of the Kuru dynasty, in this there is a single, one-pointed conviction. The thoughts of the irresolute ones, however, have many branches indeed and are innumerable.
Osho’s Commentary
Treating pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat as equal, then fight. In this way, you will not incur sin. Here, Krishna synthesizes the two paths. He has spoken of Sankhya, the path of knowledge. Now he speaks of Yoga, the path of action. The essence of this path is equanimity, samattva. Act, but remain balanced in the pairs of opposites. This is the secret of Karma Yoga. And in this path, no effort is ever lost. Even a small step protects you from great fear. The mind of the yogi is one-pointed, resolute. The mind of the worldly man is scattered in a thousand directions, endlessly branching out into desires and thoughts. To bring this scattered energy to a single point, to a total focus on the divine—this is the beginning of true yoga.