Clarity — Lesson 2

Verse

Transliteration

na tvevāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param

Meaning

There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor these kings. Nor will there be a time when all of us will cease to exist.

Key Words

• na — not
• tu eva — indeed
• aham — I
• tvam — you
• janādhipāḥ — these kings
• bhaviṣyāmaḥ — we shall be
• sarve vayam — all of us

Teaching

Krishna now removes Arjuna’s basic misunderstanding. You think people come into existence and then disappear. That is not true. The body appears and disappears. But the Self does not. You were never absent in the past. You are not absent now. You will never be absent in the future. Existence is continuous.

Connection to Clarity

Clarity means seeing what is constant and what is changing. The body changes. Relationships change. Situations change. But existence — "I am" — never changes. This verse shifts attention from the temporary to what is always present.

Reflection

Have I ever experienced my own absence? What in my experience has always been present, through all changes?